My Students Teach Me the World
Learning is a superpower. Muddling through my students' strengths, needs and interests throughout my day to day life has taught me how pivotal it is to come back to my inner journey, the first step to soul retrieval. I mean it half-figuratively. The sights, sounds, smells, and textures of kids -magical creatures- predominantly show unconditional love. They don't stop showing in our classes even though they have been given homework, tests, challenges, even madness. WELL, IT'S A SCHOOL. But, as an educator, I would love to call such presence a symbol of faithfulness, more than mundane activities. My students, thus, teach me the world. They teach me these. 1. You Can Dissolve Fears. When kids are legitimately terrified, they are just traveling along as they should be. And, what's so lucky about it, they are not alone. They've got favourite friends they can count on. Such relationship and connection are what make fears dissolved naturally, incrementally....