By attempting to avoid this discomfort, I’m showing you that my comfort (resulting from the power, influence, and standing afforded me by the color of my skin, my zip code, and my family) is worth more to me than what I could get for others by giving away this comfort for their sake. I have amassed power. Will I give it away?

What would it look like if we, American public education, embraced the concrete? What if “Mens et manus” was our creed? Imagine a high school like this with me for a moment…