Suzuki : Where are ally teachers who are also activists in anti-racism work? Where are conversations on anti-racism happening and how do I participate? What is the general sentiment/feedback from SAA members about anti-racism? What activism is already happening? Where do we need improvements at the SAA organizational level? How can I do better for my students and studio families? What are other teachers doing? What can I do to increase my knowledge, so I can be a more effective teacher for my students? Work : Is there training in equitable hiring practices? What explicit policies do we have in our employee handbook? What are our core values and how do we communicate them? What can our team of researchers do within our projects? Can we design our research tools with DEI in mind, and how? What more can we do to support public schools teachers and students to include them in research opportunities? I tailored additional questions to each community. What can I learn from existing resources, experts, and policies already in each community?.What policies to protect BIPOC members seem to be missing? Why? Should they be created? How could I help?.What policies are already in place to protect black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) members?.Who are the DEI (diversity/equity/inclusion) experts here?.What resources are already available to everyone in these communities?.In each community I asked these questions: Using curiosity as a catalyst, I began connecting with others passionate about this cause in three of my communities: My colleagues at work (I work at a research lab in addition to running my Suzuki studio), Suzuki teacher communities, and my neighbors. I made sure to always check that I was learning from trusted, vetted sources. I found answers in articles, books, opinions, videos, professional training, classes, and conversation with other allies. As I asked questions, I learned, and what I learned led me to more questions. Each time I was rattled by anger or have felt helpless, I focused that energy into getting curious. One thing I knew for certain was that I didn’t know what I didn’t know. I hope that what I’ve learned might be of use to you. I noticed patterns in the actions that I’d taken (and continue to take) in my anti-racist work. In recent months, I’ve taken time to reflect, to organize all my “anythings”. When I talked with colleagues, friends, and family about my efforts, more often than not I summarized what I was doing as “I’m just trying anything…and I don’t know.” I wanted to run this marathon at a sprinting pace as an amateur runner - an impossible goal for anyone. In the beginning, I didn’t know how to make a tangible difference. I had always been a vocal advocate for racial justice, but it wasn’t enough. His death, along with the unjust killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor in succession, sparked fury in me. I began my journey as an anti-racist in earnest when George Floyd’s murder in May of 2020 fueled worldwide protests against police brutality. – jump to selected resources – Where to start? He could be slightly based off Magic Man from Adventure Time, because they both have green skin, use their magic for evil and wear a pointy hat.Finding My Way My first-year journey as an anti-racist activistĪngie Tung, Suzuki Piano Teacher, Suzuki Early Childhood Teacher.Ironically, the Metrognome does the opposite by stealing timing from bands. His name is a pun on the word "Metronome" which is something that helps people time their music.He has a white, fuzzy beard and a big nose. The Metrognome is a magic green gnome with a pointed dark green hat. Everybody ate his beard hairs which made them regain their timing again. This made his beard grow so big, that it exploded, killing him and making his beard hairs rain on the New Year's celebration. In the end of the episode, he went to the New Year's cube drop and cursed the cube to make it drop off timing. After this, he went on a rampage, cursing everybody in Peaceville. In this episode, he was woken on New Year's Eve to curse Grojband and make them lose their timing so that they would fail at their plans to play music at the turn of the new year at the New Year's cube drop. He made his first and so far only appearance in the episode Curse of the Metrognome. The Metrognome sleeps every year and only wakes up on New Year's Eve so that he can curse people with his magic. By cursing people like this, the Metrognome can make his beard grow bigger. He has always been cursing people with his magic every New Year's Eve to mess up their timing. The Metrognome has been around ever since the times of Rock Lore.
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