Chris Emdin

@chrisemdin

Educator. Designer. Maker. Disruptor. NYT Bestselling Author: Ratchetdemic | For White Folks Who Teach #HipHopEd #ScienceGenius
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My people said bring it back so…… Repost from @hiphoped • 📣 ❤️‍🔥 Swipe for the full clip! ❤️‍🔥 📣 How do we apply this within our educational spaces for all ages? How do we adapt, create, express, implement and present consideration for identity? Stay tuned for tonight’s chat flyer— trust and believe we have amazing guests coming through to discuss student identity! “… Your Ratchetdemic identity is gonna make folks uncomfortable. You have to understand that their discomfort is actually ammunition for your more fervent pursuit of your excellence! Like, whenever I get into spaces and people are uncomfortable— like, ‘Oh, Dr. Emdin, he’s so loud, he’s so abrasive!’— I’m like, ‘Ooo, you uncomfortable cause I’m SWAGGIN on you.’ It’s just gonna make me go HEAVIER. Y’all understand? And you have to understand that a system that was designed to break you— when they see you unbroken— does not know what to do with itself. That’s why they react.” - HHE’s Dr. @ChrisEmdin See you soon! (P.S. Chris got his original Twitter handle back!!) #TheWork #Identity #IssaScience 🔬 #HipHopEd #TeachLikeTheWorldisOnFire 🔥 [And THINK & LEARN like the world is on fire.] • #thework #activelearning #chrisemdin #blacklivesmatter #mentalhealth #music @hiphoped #hiphop #poetry #reimagine #reconstruct #history #STEM #youth #love #education #inspiration #unity #diversity #motivation #community #culture #family #positivity #counseling #teacherlife 🍎
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Don’t welcome folks who will stoke your rage without offering a respite for reason. Ignore folks who are quick to offer plans to burn it down without a strategy to build it better. Remove yourself from folks who recite painful platitudes but never share positive affirmation. Education is filled with folks who have no hope, faith, or plan. They may be in your orbit but they are not your people. Their intention is to kill your spirit. Don’t let it happen #OneToGrowOn #ProtectYourPeace #CurateYourSpace #NoSquaresInMyCircle
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An unbridled ego will invalidate genius. Intelligence without humility has an expiration date. Everyone you encounter has something to teach you if you are prepared to learn from them #HipHopEd #OneToGrowOn
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6 months ago
To answer the call to make and create in a world that normalizes blind consumption is a political act. To take the leap to sustain oneself through one’s art is a radical act. To refuse a life of convention in pursuit of purpose is beyond inspiring. At IdeaLab, we honor artists and creatives. We recognize that there is no #STEM or #STEAM without artists. There is no science without creativity. There is no math or tech without risk taking. This is why we celebrate our fam @artmon3y as a STEM role model. Any artists who embody #STEAM that we should know about? Tag them below.
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When children are invited to learn in spaces that we curate and design with them, their connections to us and to learning open up in magical ways. When we privilege their comfort and humanity, there is a direct relationship to improving their learning. I received these photos from the #ColliderClassroom at #TransitTech high school in Brooklyn this morning and it excites me that this work continue to grow. This is an actual NYC public classroom!!!! The art, the comfortable seating, the plants, the feel... @lisaevers - we are ready to show our classroom to the world whenever you are :) #theWork #ColliderClassroom #teachersofinstagram #reimagine #classroomdecor
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@whogonstopdeon started his career as a project engineer in the aerospace industry before he entered the sneaker world by working at @saucony . His skill set in aerospace got applied to his passion for sneakers and now he is a prized member of the Saucony team. His story is beautiful and is a powerful reminder that once the STEM skills are there, you can apply it in any field your heart desires. We loved hosting Deon at IdealLab. The brother is brilliant!!!! #saucony #stem #steam #STEAMDREAMIdeaLab #teachersofinstagram #sneakerculture
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6 days ago
Ever consider the amount of measurement that goes into sneakers? Imagine the powerful conversations math and science teachers can have with students based on the clip below on testing and measurement featuring Cory Hoffman - Performance Engineer @Saucony . We love hosting brilliant minds like Cory at IdeaLab and we can’t wait to share all the wisdom from the @saucony team with the world #STEM #STEAM #TeachersOfInstagram #STEMSTEAMMakeDream #STEAMDREAMIdeaLab #theWork
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Ever look at your kicks and wonder how they got so comfortable, functional and beautiful? Recently hosted Andrea Paulson from @saucony at IdeaLab and she broke down the process of sneaker production. The research, meetings, pitch decks, testing, engineering, design, manufacturing and bringing ideas to scale that goes into the process is awesome inspiring. The #STEAM required to bring a product to life is enough to build a magical curriculum around so….. we’re going to build it. This is the collab y’all ain’t see coming that will change the game. Stay tuned #IdeaLabXSaucony #sneakerhead #sneakernews #STEM #STEAM #STEMSTEAMMakeDream #teachersofinstagram
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8 days ago
Sometimes the issue isn’t what we are looking at, it’s the angle and the lens we are using to view it. Reorient and the truth emerges. The quote is from my book, Ratchetdemic #HipHopEd #theWork Repost from @hollaschool • “Consider that our babies are too advanced in their thinking to be successful within institutions too rudimentary to capture their brilliance. It is tough to bend to something far beneath you when you were created to stand tall. It is tough to be accepted by systems that haven’t yet learned to keep up with your brilliance.” - Dr. Christopher Emdin @chrisemdin
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10 days ago
I am who I am not yet. Thanks for the photo #empoweredteachermagazine
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There are days where the work of dreaming and bringing concepts to life is hard. To push for a world that is not yet can be draining on the soul. My motivation is always a vision of those who will inherit what I fight for. This image truly warms my heart. To know that somebody’s baby is studying me, learning from me, or inspired in some way by what I do is the most incredible honor. I hope to meet this young man one day and tell him that he, as he is, is enough. My heart is full and I am humbled…. And his fit is 🔥🔥🔥 - Thanks for sharing this @keiwis - Motivated to keep doing #thework - #TheMarathonContinues #HipHopEd #ratchetdemic
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17 days ago
During my tenure as Lincoln Center Griot in Residence, I repped BIG heavy. Gave a lecture at Geffen Hall as the opener to the orchestral tribute in 2022 - He fully encapsulated New York Energy. Elegant simplicity in flow with implicit complexity in cadence. The voice, the stories, the presence. We miss you BIG. The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th #March9th #HipHopEd
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