So rich, so true. These are the spiritual moments in the classrooms — these tender, reverent namaste moments. Why do we think anything else is more important? I miss terribly having these moments with middle and high school kids, but after a few missteps my first year, I’m finding that my university students (prospective teachers) crave this same mutual honoring. And I have realized there is no important modeling I can do to prepare them for teaching kids than to curate this experience for and with them. What they gave me in return was unexpected and precious.
This is the most heart-warming newsletter ever :) It makes me want to have my history students write poetry just so we can also do this activity.
Also, Cloud Cuckoo Land is in my top-five favorite books also. Now I need to reread it.
What Jenna says! (I've read Cloud Cuckoo Land three times...it only gets better.)
The reverent silence of that library as students appreciate one another? Sacred. Thanks for this.
I'm glad I found this place.
So rich, so true. These are the spiritual moments in the classrooms — these tender, reverent namaste moments. Why do we think anything else is more important? I miss terribly having these moments with middle and high school kids, but after a few missteps my first year, I’m finding that my university students (prospective teachers) crave this same mutual honoring. And I have realized there is no important modeling I can do to prepare them for teaching kids than to curate this experience for and with them. What they gave me in return was unexpected and precious.