![]() Only Indigenous people still have the ability to dream, which has led to rampant mental health and societal dysfunction among non-Indigenous people. The world has been ravaged by climate change and war. The novel is set in a futuristic Canada where residential schools have been re-established. ![]() I knew right away it would be amazing to teach to the youth I work with. I alternate the novels I teach from year to year to keep my teaching current, and earlier this year I was lucky enough to come across The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. That sounds bleak, and truly it sometimes feels that way, which is why I plan my most energizing unit (for me and the students) at this time of year: I tie in the class novel study with personal essay/autobiographical nonfiction writing. Daylight savings and that elusive hour of extra sleep that we are promised that one time have also long faded into the distance, and I am left with darkness as I drive to work, and darkness as I drive home. ![]() The “honeymoon phase” with new my new class ended with the month of September difficult behaviours, attendance concerns and schoolwork avoidance start to come out in full force in the alternate program where I teach. November is the hardest time of year for me as a teacher. ![]() “…I understood that as long as there were dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream” ![]()
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