Warren Smith

Wow.

That's what they did.

Yeah.

And then we and I was taking it.

So to finish that, so I was about to teach, and the teacher who was kind of mentoring me in and giving me the class to teach, just before the protest, she was like, yeah, Warren, remember, hold the students to account.

If they don't show up, just be fair.

Give them the grade they deserve.

The protest happens.

She got named by one of the students as being racist, which is...

And after the protest, she's so coward.

She's like, yeah, you remember what I was saying, Warren?

I forgot compassion.

It's really important to factor in their lived experiences because she had been telling me about the student who wasn't showing up to class, wasn't doing any work.

She was using that as an example when she was having that first conversation saying, I have this student who isn't showing up.

Now, I'm going to fail them.

You need to do the same thing.

Flash forward after the protest.

You remember that student I was using as an example?

I was so wrong because that student sat down and explained to me how difficult it is to be black at Emerson.

And I was like, so they never show up to class.