JUST WHAT WE NEED: New High-School Physics Curriculum Includes Lessons on White Privilege. “I was jealous of my colleagues in English and History who got to talk every day in class about society and how it worked and how to be moral and caring and kind, whereas those conversations with students only happened for me outside the classroom.”

English and history teachers talk about that stuff because it’s easier to fake knowledge about “how society works” than about grammar, literature, and history. Just because they’re not doing their jobs doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do yours.