 I would say creativity is key. I can always find examples that tie to the subjects that I'm teaching. In my research methods class, I started the quarter by introducing empirical studies. Empirical research methods in this country is really based on some sort of tradition that we need to have data collection, we need to have data analysis and of course then at the very beginning of your project you need to have a research question, a hypothesis. Now look at Samuel Morton's work in crania americana. So Morton was the person who have a huge collection of human skulls. He systematically categorized his data, big eye sockets, certain type of features and then he found that people with thick lips usually are darker skinned people, lazy people, people who still and immoral, however that he found that people with a big eye socket, high nose feature and lighter skin, blonde blue eyes, those are the people who have good qualities, hardworking, they don't steal, they can colonize, they have this innate instinct of teaching other people and saving the savages. We are talking about data categorization right, certain things group under certain things and we analyze we see the final project. Now what we do think about this and empirical method is it sound? Most students will say that it is sound because it's followed all the procedures but what are the implications here, what are the ethical implications here and Morton's research methods give us the foundation of today's empirical studies. So then in many ways looking at all those daily lives experiences that we have as a researcher and how we're going through reviewing journal articles that is a way to balance that theory and practice. Yes we learn about theory but what are we practicing in our daily lives? Are we answering the question? How will we make the assumptions that and another comment from an editorial board members? I cannot find enough people of color who have expertise to write about these subjects. It sends the messages to me that maybe the authors of color are not saying the things that you want to hear. So in many ways this sort of engagement is self-reflexivity is the fundamental steps for social justice work. I think what is really satisfactory to me is that I'm able to make students feel uncomfortable in my classroom. When they get emotional it is awesome. When they cry I'm like I've done what I can. To them it is a whole new learning experience and to them it is something to take away that they are being able to think about in the future when I see cases like this when I see cases like this I'm able to do something. Most of the time people would say to me what are you doing in your classes you're just talking about examples and having all these like tiny little things. Now for many of my students and especially in among the students on this campus where we're talking about 75 percent of them who are whites to be able to spend that 20 minutes in class and get grilled they like the experience they think that it is really really worthy to be able to feel part of their lives of how minority are feeling in this country and I think that that is very rewarding to them to be able to engage in education that they not only read the text but they are able to emotionally engage in the lessons that they are learning to the students and I think that one of the important things in the learning is not just reading text and engaging in discussion is this emotional growth that is triggered by and powered by emotions where they feel like I do not need to know what and how I'm going to say I do not need to know the appropriate way of saying this but when I see a person treating another person less I am going to step in and be one of the person who participate in that conversation and change the situation. I would say I would never underestimate a spark that can burn down the entire building it is all those tiny efforts that matter so then at the end of the course I like to ask my students how many people do you think I am and my students will look at me like I'm like no just give me a quick answer how many people do you think I am and then they will be like looking at each other I say wow am I just one person have I affected you have I taught you something valuable that you think that you can move forward and make a change well a majority of the class say yes so how many people am I the answer is you are infinity and I think that that is the valuable part of being in a classroom spending time with my students learning from them and that is the most rewarding part in my job when at the end of the day I can go home and say that oh by the time I've spoken all about these issues and get so emotional with my students in the class I can go back and snore in my bed and as anyone who cannot sleep at night would agree that a good night sleep is better than none and I am able to go to my bed and close my eyes and say I have another day to look forward to