EP 150 Relationships Rule with Brandon SC Wallace

"You are ready for it; you're old enough for it; you're smart enough for it. Get out there and take the leap, take the smart risk, and just do it." - Brandon SC Wallace Brandon SC Wallace is an Associate Professor at Montgomery College, a Faculty Associate at Johns Hopkins University, and an Adjunct Professor at Prince George's Community College. If that weren't' enough, he's also a consultant, advocate, and activist in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. This episode focuses on relationships and communication, preventative vs reactive, and what practice is really about. Brandon is very good at explaining the mental shifts that need to take place in order for education to continue to improve and he offers plenty of alternative mindsets that we should be envisioning. You can find Brandon @bscwallace on social media. 02:30 - Always think about the future 05:00 - Selective mutism, navigating college, and where to teach 08:55 - Relationships are everything: how to re-imagine what school should look like 12:58 - Tests are only a small measure of a student and education could stand to be more balanced 15:15 - Why Brandon isn't always as popular as he'd like, but he's always welcome where he goes 18:00 - Building relationships while distance learning 23:10 - The relationship goes both ways: you're both there to learn from each other 25:35 - We need to stop fixing it after it's broken and start to prevent it from breaking in the first place 29:05 - Practice isn't about perfection