Episode 43: David Jamison—The Dope Educator

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It's back to school, with the teacher everyone wishes they'd had. An educator in Memphis, David Jamison gained national attention for his unorthodox methods. He's using his national platform to shake up the way we think about education as a champion for students and men (especially men of color) in the classroom. A recent survivor of COVID-19, his insights into anxiety, fatherlessness, and education are stunning. He's an utterly inspiring man, actively changing the next generation.

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0:00.0	In the long run, passivity won't pay off.
0:08.6	It never pays off.
0:11.1	If you want a life of meaning and transcendence, you're going to have to move.
0:17.5	Aggression doesn't have to be toxic or damaging.
0:20.7	Healthy aggression risks.
0:22.4	It builds new things.
0:23.6	It breaks through barriers.
0:25.1	It's the key to living a life that matters.
0:28.5	I'm Brian Tome, and this is the aggressive life.
0:46.6	When I say the word teacher, who comes to mind?
0:50.7	We all have an answer.
0:51.7	For some of us, it's the teacher who made the classroom come to life and encourage us to Newt Heights.
0:57.2	For others like me, we think of a teacher who did the opposite.
1:01.3	Absolutely bored us out of our gourd is a major source of pain for us.
1:05.8	Mrs. Derby, my fourth grade teacher, you jacked up my life.
1:09.5	She honestly, truly did. That was the year that I
1:14.1	struggled with long division. That was the year I had a teacher that was very difficult to be with.
1:20.6	That was the year I learned after the year that that teacher had a history of having it out for
1:27.4	certain types of young boys in the class.
1:30.0	And I fit the profile and she had it out for me.
1:32.8	It wasn't a good experience.
1:34.4	And I suffered education.
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