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Professor Jennifer Hurley

I Met My Best Students in Jail

I’ve been wanting to write about what it’s like to teach college English to students in jail, but I’m worried that my writing skills are…

Oct 20

I Met My Best Students in Jail

Oct 20

Why I Despise Student Learning Outcomes

by Jen Hurley

Oct 5

Oct 5

Seeing and Being Seen

In my autobiography writing class at the Elmwood Jail this morning, I showed my students online pictures of the room where Anne Frank had…

Sep 26

Sep 26

Teachers, You Are Enough

For years — decades, really — I’ve been wondering why teaching makes me feel exhausted and utterly depleted, even on a good day. I’ve been…

Nov 10, 2023

Nov 10, 2023

A Teacher’s Spiritual Crisis

The paradox of my life as a teacher is that I feel this work is killing me, yet I also love this work obsessively, with a kind of madness…

Jan 13, 2023

Jan 13, 2023

Published in
Ed-Tech Talks

What We Lose When We Move Education Online

I just finished my fourth online class in a graduate TESOL program, and I’m left feeling empty. It was clear that the courses were…

Aug 22, 2022

Aug 22, 2022

The Online Universe Is Killing Our Students

AS A LONGTIME community college teacher, I have hosted a lot of end-of-the-semester parties that you probably wouldn’t want to attend…

May 18, 2022

May 18, 2022

Guest Post by Basil Rana:

The Truth Behind Perfect Freedom

Mar 15, 2022

Mar 15, 2022

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Ed-Tech Talks

A Set of Values for Education

So much of what we call education is small minded. Even something seemingly large, such as a student learning outcome, reduces a layered…

Mar 11, 2022

Mar 11, 2022

Published in
Age of Awareness

Why Other Teachers Make Me Feel So Lonely

It’s the night before the department meeting, and I can’t sleep. Something about being in a space with other teachers makes me deeply…

Dec 15, 2021

Dec 15, 2021

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Professor Jennifer Hurley

Jennifer Hurley has taught literature, composition, and critical thinking at Ohlone College since 2001. See more of her writing at www.professorhurley.com.

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