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2 thoughts on “Letter to a Son”
Carpentry and piano…two pursuits that foster creativity and problem solving. This makes me very happy to read especially this time of year. It is a reminder that storytelling serves a purpose for our students. Great to read when others around us in education are simply focused on performance.
It reminds me of things that Asher speaks about in regards to brain switching and even more recently Daniel Pink in The Whole New Mind. The hemispheres of the brain do not operate like on-off switches they both play a role in everything we do. Looks like Einstein wanted this for his son too. Storytelling does this…if it is good enough for Einstein’s kid…it is good enough for my students.
When students are involved storytelling (aka active participants in learning) we foster creativity and that academic success.
It seems that Einstein is also describing IMMERSION or FLOW…when he forgets his “noon meal.”
We often forget our noon meals as well, but not for the same reasons.