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if you’re here to be a dutiful student
and jump through academic hoops
to get the right answers and chase grades
in order to be successful and play the part
and go to university to get a good job
and make good money
and do what your told and always follow the rules
and be afraid and timid to get things wrong
or to share your opinions, or to take a risk
or be your true self-
then you might be in the wrong place
and wasting our time.

we are in the business of miracles and magic.
we are discovering, unpacking and building
our identities. the thinking work we do in here
should follow you like a shadow everywhere you go.
these windows, mirrors and sliding glass doors
are your ticket to all the freedom you can imagine.

we are not concerned with you telling us what you
think we want to hear. we are concerned with depth,
complexity, independence, agency, safety, inclusion.
we are interested in justice and belonging.  
we are here for peace.

we are here to be our true selves. alone and together
to discover the joy and pain in the world and in our hearts,
to construct meaning together
and render ourselves vital in the service
of others.

sit up straight.
open your mind.
class is about to start.