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EP284 Ask me anything: Listener questions about my personal + professional life

From Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers · Hosted by Angela Watson

2023-08-20·00:56:50

Episode summary

In this episode of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers: This AMA is a follow-up to the 3 part summer series I created for the podcast to celebrate 20 years of sharing teaching ideas online and reflect on my personal and professional growth during that time. In the final ep of that series, I included a link to an anonymous Google form for folks to submit questions about things I didn't answer in the series that they're curious about. Your questions were absolutely wonderful and you've brought up some super interesting things…

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This AMA is a follow-up to the 3 part summer series I created for the podcast to celebrate 20 years of sharing teaching ideas online and reflect on my personal and professional growth during that time. In the final ep of that series, I included a link to an anonymous Google form for folks to submit questions about things I didn't answer in the series that they're curious about. Your questions were absolutely wonderful and you've brought up some super interesting things for me to discuss! Here are the questions you'll hear me answer in this episode: Childfree or childless? "If it's not too personal, I wondered about your infertility journey. I remember praying for you when you shared about it before. Having gone through IVF myself, I know it may be too sensitive, and I respect that." (NOTE: If this is a triggering topic for you, skip to the 13:30 minute mark.) Blowback from taking a stand? "Your message about how the train was leaving the station (you can't keep waiting to convince everyone to go with you, and you are just going to move forward with what you thought was right) has really stuck with me, maybe moreso than anything else you've ever said and I've been following you...