Carl Jung
A repost from 2012: I've been wondering why storytelling is so challenging. But then I thought that, for the past few hundred years at least, the modus operandi of teachers has been to simply intimidate kids in classrooms. (Tolstoy recalled his years
It’s Such a Great Feeling
Tina sent me the link below. It contains the core of my work of my life. When I entered the profession, there was none of this attitude toward being alive in the FL classroom. Everybody was dead, stuck in the
Just Talk to Them
Schools have put even the most loving of teachers in a position of being forced to assign grades and rank their students based on how quickly they are able to grasp concepts in their conscious minds - from “mastering” a
Report from the Field – Elena Overvold
Hey Ben and Tina, I wanted to check in with you both about the first two weeks of school. Feel free to share on the blog or not! A lot of this came out of a conversation I had with Tina
Mo’s Kids Are Our Kids -2
The second daughter is doing better than her older sister. She’s going to college now but I’m afraid the loans Mo took out will break him. My point in sharing this is that I am amazed how out of touch
Mo’s Kids Are Our Kids – 1
Mohammed is a friend of mine, the dad of two girls who were at the same middle school I taught in some years ago in Jefferson County, CO. When I go to the King Soopers grocery store near my house
Before It’s Too Late
In a discussion initiated by Elena yesterday about the idea of breaking the ice with the kids, getting to know them as human beings first before trying to teach them anything, jen said: …I did this after trying to do this
The Pool Is Deep
A repost from 2013: Intuitive teaching is about trusting the heart/intuition to bring more to the class than just mere intellectual discussion. Mere intellectual discussion does not bring fun, nor does it bring the heart quality, which in turn brings more learning and much bigger
Untargeted – 5
I deeply feel that we in teaching are in the midst of a profound shift in education from the mind (the science of teaching) to the heart (the art of teaching). We are learning, and quickly now, to rely more
Untargeted – 4
Look at Grant Boulanger’s powerful example of untargeted, unscripted student interaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JszVvKn3jVo&feature=youtu.be Now ask yourself what would be lost in this beautiful human interaction had Grant’s intention been to say “needed to brush her teeth” over seventy-five times in the class. Indeed,