Wm has discovered a love of NPR. His favorite thing to do is listen to podcasts of NPR programs while he has a snack or is getting ready for bed. Steve never listens to NPR. He listens to sports radio. Because he sucks and is boring. So, last night, I had my first ever discussion about an NPR program over dinner! Wm and I had both heard a morning news show about implicit bias in teachers. It showed that teachers discriminate both by gender (boys ARE evil, so I kinda get this one) and by race. I asked Wm how he felt about the fact that his teachers could be treating him differently because he's male and he goes, "I certainly don't feel good about it." Ha! Basically, black students and male students are more likely to get in trouble and to receive a more severe punishment for the same issues that may be ignored in female or white students. It included all the science behind it and Wm was very interested in the eye-tracking software they used. It's fun to have someone to talk about this stuff with - thank god Wm is a tiny nerd!
Speaking of the tiny nerd, Wm is wearing his little cardigan today since it's chilly. He looks ADORABLE. I asked him if he liked his cardi and he goes, "it's AWESOME." Yaaaaaas.
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