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Professor Jennifer Hurley

Professor Jennifer Hurley

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…

5 min readNov 10, 2023

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

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…

2 min readJan 13, 2023

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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…

6 min readAug 22, 2022

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

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…

5 min readMay 18, 2022

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

Guest Post by Basil Rana:

The Truth Behind Perfect Freedom

7 min readMar 15, 2022

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Professor Jennifer Hurley
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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…

2 min readMar 11, 2022

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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…

3 min readDec 15, 2021

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

Why We Must Work Less in School

The sociology professor was on Zoom presenting research about how students felt taking classes during COVID. The results of the research…

5 min readSep 29, 2021

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Professor Jennifer Hurley
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Age of Awareness

To the Teacher Who Said Half of Her Class Didn’t “Belong” There

I have probably said this too, at one time, though now I am ashamed to admit it. The educational system conditions us to think that…

3 min readMay 4, 2021

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Professor Jennifer Hurley

Is School Anti-Learning?

More and more, I am coming to believe that school is a place that is, sadly, antithetical to learning. It is a place where students…

6 min readFeb 26, 2021

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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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