Teaching & Being Rachetdemic | Christopher Emdin | TEDxBerkeley

[@tuck893]

I thought I was going crazy until I saw his Ratchetdemic speech today at the AP Annual Conference. Good to know there are other educators who approach pedagogy from a cultural and socioeconomic perspective in such a passionate manner. God speed brother, and I hope to bring you to my district in the near future!

[@jamesvellozzi3455]

And? It’s all rhetoric!!! Make your point!

[@georgianhillsmiddle8847]

Given where I currently am in my career, this is EXACTLY what I needed to hear to keep pushing. I just CANNOT give up on my babies (my students). People always look at me crazy when I say I refuse to teach anywhere except in the hood. They need someone that will believe in them! That person is, has been, and will always be ME!

[@angellachamalbide4696]

Validation of some of my core beliefs. Thank you for this. Sometimes i feel like the circle trying to fit in the square peg.

[@TriEclipsePublishing]

Love your passion, Dr. Emdin!!

[@ericv4380]

Adding the fearless attitude of hip hop to school? I’m with it Chris.

[@tasi]

One of the best, most inspiring talks I've listened to. Thank You Chris.

[@mrnavas]

Awesome talk from an awesome inspirational leader of Urban Education...thank your for this Chris!!

[@alannarutherford7085]

Chris, you never cease to amaze!

[@Quincybrown247]

There is a lot of inner city urban youth that need to here this

[@EZQUniverse]

Well spoken. And inspirational.

[@carinabrown930]

I'm loving this 😍 I am here for this!!! I identify with this word and idea!!! I 've been looking for a word to identify me in academics, both as a student and a librarian 🥰🥰🥰 Let's get it!

[@McHenryDesigns1]

On the subject of rainbows, I like to bring a prism to the inner city schools where I work and pop a spectrum out of thin air for exactly the poetic reason you described. It doesn't matter where it happens; beauty and wonder are not localized phenomena.

[@hectorpayano2870]

Chris is the real deal: from the hood, ratchetdemic, and popping.

[@saraicasillas7010]

Amazing message!!

[@davidgodoy9561]

Yes!

[@williamdarcy3683]

Amazing speech. Cultural agnosia. We must break the idea that being intellectual is not mutually exclusive to being “hip, cool, with it, modern.”

[@desnamjp]

I cannot believe that I have had his book and have not read it. Guess what I will be reading this evening? Thanks Dr. Edmin

[@renediluyeye2175]

This was so powerful wow!

[@punnfire]

where i can get dat hat tho?

[@LLux-jl7bd]

🙌🏾ealthy 💪🏾💪🏾👁💯💯💯

[@mecmec7334]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@davidgivens1097]

It's all about the rules of engagement. People need to heard that over and over.

[@TheSpaLife69]

David Givens ~~ Agreed. Teachers need to be charismatic and prepared to entertain while they teach or they(the kids) will drain them. This is not a new concept.

[@alexnovak4415]

@@TheSpaLife69 I agree with you and David Givens. My question to you both is this. Does a white educator have the ability to become Ratchetdemic?

[@desnamjp]

@@alexnovak4415 ratchetdemic is a term for the students not the educators.

[@ederics]

Amazing

[@jasminemccall4632]

How can I be ratchedemic?

[@mikesimms9874]

Grifters gonna grift

[@McHenryDesigns1]

Neither is brilliance.