#oklaed #okteacherwalkout Reflections: Day 7 –Discouraged

In case you have not heard the state of Oklahoma, my state, is in a bit of crisis. I have joined tens of thousands of other educators in descending upon our state capitol to march in protest over the lack of proper education funding. I am going to share some reflections of this process each day here.

You can see precious days reflections here:

Honestly, I have been feeling fairly defeated and discouraged by the lack of care of the leaders of our legislature today. Then tonight our incredible Midwest City students took to Twitter to encourage and support their teachers. I definitely needed this!