Statement of Teaching Philosophy (2021) Keith Leonard My students want certainty. They want it so badly. They respect science and have memorized complex formulas. I don’t know how to tell my students their parents are still just as scared. The bullies get bigger and vaguer and you cannot punch a cloud. I have eulogies for all my loved ones prepared, but cannot include this fact in my lesson plans. The best teacher I ever had told me to meet him at the basketball court. We played pick-up for hours. By the end, I lay panting on the hardwood and couldn’t so much as stand. He told me to describe the pain in my chest. I tried. I couldn’t find the words. Not exactly. Listen, he said, that’s where language ends. --

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