I’m Heather Dickens — and yes, the name is intentional.

I’m a high school English teacher who came back to the classroom in January 2026, right as AI began rewriting what school can be. I’m documenting the whole adventure here — honestly, while it’s still messy.

I trained as a teacher in 1991 and left the classroom in 2004. The years away — raising my kids, eleven years working in hospice care, Real Estate, and an MBA in Ethical Leadership — gave me everything I now bring back to my students.

I’m not the AI expert in the room. I’m an experienced teacher figuring it out in real time, circling one question: not just should we use AI, but who do we want to be as we do?

Subscribe and walk with me. Let’s learn together.

Stay awake. Stay curious. Stay ethical. Stay human.

— Heather