…What drove me to teach were two sparks. The spark in a student’s eye when they grasped their way with confidence; and the spark in my eye when a student revealed a different perspective to mine. That’s why I loved being an English teacher. It was all about sharing different interpretations, perspectives and nuances that lay within a landscape of words speaking truths only made real in someone else’s mind. My role was to enable that thought freedom and to nurture tolerance. My job was to allow people unique views in on the worlds we studied each day and for my eyes to be widened by their perspective. Learning happened all round and, if I ever did my job right, on all levels too. | |
— From a blog I follow: “The Bamboo Principle“, located at: http://thebambooprinciple.wordpress.com/ |
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The specific post was: http://thebambooprinciple.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/a-job-of-it/ |
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[Another great blog to check out if you haven’t already… And, yes, back in 2010, I still didn’t know about scheduling posts. In a way, it’s nice to be reminded we’re all beginners at some point. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Election Day – Please Hear What I’m Not Saying |
2011 | Mostly Strange, Always Blue |
What Is It You Want? | |
2010 | MSNBC, Bring Back Keith !!! |
Value.. | |
Worse Still… | |
Afraid So… | |
Making It | |
Don’t Jump Small | |
Time | |
Push!! | |
I’m Still Here… (A Message To Keith Olbermann) | |
Choose | |
Not Yet… | |
Mean Too | |
Still Building (and Planning) | |
Hangin’ High | |
Always… | |
Archive for November 6th, 2013
Nurture Tolerance
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