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Jay Wamstead

Jay Wamstead

Middle school mathematics teacher in Atlanta with 20 years of experience, author of the dystopian novel "The Lockdown Artist," and educator writing about race, racism, and teaching.

Jun 30, 2026

2:21
... milestone?
2:23
Yeah, God, what a good question.
2:24
Um, I definitely, uh, my arc is to start as a teacher and just see, see problems and just, like, want to try to fix all the problems, and just spent a couple years doing that and, um, kind of realizing that I can't fix all the problems.
2:46
And so just there was-- And then kind of flip-flopping between, "I'm just gonna teach my classroom and not worry about the problems," the, the bigger problems, you know, s-societal problems, big school problems, district problems.
2:59
But then also, like, sometimes it's just, like, getting real, real down in the dumps about stuff, you know.
3:04
It's just like, "Ugh, another round of testing.
3:06
Oh, they changed the curriculum again.

10 MINS LATER

13:33
That's fair

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