Abandoning Superman « Cooperative Catalyst.
The following is an excerpt from my book Teaching Unmasked. I’d like to offer it as a counter-narrative to the perfect school utopian ideal and the perfectionist marketing offered in Waiting for Superman (which is a one-sided documentary but a hell of a Flaming Lips song). I wrote the book because I believe the key ingredient missing in schools is not rigor or expectations or rules or accountability. It’s humility. It’s a humble voice saying, “Hey kid, I don’t have it all figured out either. But maybe, just maybe, we can learn together.” It wouldn’t look pretty on camera, but that’s okay. I’ve never attempted to wear tights and save the world. At least not sober. John T. Spencer
