My educational philosophy consists of some basic ideas:
1. Never forget how to be amazed.
2. There is value in all literature, just waiting to be teased out.
3. There is no subject that an intellectual mind cannot digest.
4. Respect has to be Earned.
No Ordinary Humans! The title of the website says it all. No one is ordinary. Everyone has something to offer and everything has the potential for educational value.The exceptional is all around us. Sadly, I think that it is easy for to forget that. We move on with life and get wrapped up in complications of every sort and we forget what it was like to just look up at the night sky and be amazed once in awhile. I'm as guilty of this as the next person, but I hope that by learning together, we can restore a bit of that world view for ourselves.
The world isn't all sunshine and lollipops, but even in the negative, we can find things to ponder and lessons to learn. Just as I think that there is nothing that is totally worthless to a curious mind, there is nothing that is "just too sensitive a subject," to tackle. Thankfully, through literature from endless settings and author backgrounds and experience, we are always able to delve into these issues just a step at a time. With guidance, we can make it through safely.
This last point is of some interest to me, because it goes against the construction of the educational system as it is now. As it is now, authorities are in place to be obeyed, their rules as law simply as a matter of course. If a subordinate misbehaves, they are in some manner made to suffer for it. Perhaps no one is aware of this more than the disenfranchised members of the nation's under students.
You as students are told that you only have free speech so long as authorities consider it convenient, that you only have personality so long as it is agreeable, and that you have self determination only if it jibes with the plans of others. Authority figures often wonder why there is rebellion. To me, it is no wonder. They haven't made the effort to earn the respect.
Teachers, this is something that we must always strive to do. We need to demonstrate that we are worthy of our lofty roles as figures of command. This is not to say that we must pander , nor that we must relinquish our principles, but rather that we are not entitled to be leaders; we must be qualified for the honor.
1. Never forget how to be amazed.
2. There is value in all literature, just waiting to be teased out.
3. There is no subject that an intellectual mind cannot digest.
4. Respect has to be Earned.
No Ordinary Humans! The title of the website says it all. No one is ordinary. Everyone has something to offer and everything has the potential for educational value.The exceptional is all around us. Sadly, I think that it is easy for to forget that. We move on with life and get wrapped up in complications of every sort and we forget what it was like to just look up at the night sky and be amazed once in awhile. I'm as guilty of this as the next person, but I hope that by learning together, we can restore a bit of that world view for ourselves.
The world isn't all sunshine and lollipops, but even in the negative, we can find things to ponder and lessons to learn. Just as I think that there is nothing that is totally worthless to a curious mind, there is nothing that is "just too sensitive a subject," to tackle. Thankfully, through literature from endless settings and author backgrounds and experience, we are always able to delve into these issues just a step at a time. With guidance, we can make it through safely.
This last point is of some interest to me, because it goes against the construction of the educational system as it is now. As it is now, authorities are in place to be obeyed, their rules as law simply as a matter of course. If a subordinate misbehaves, they are in some manner made to suffer for it. Perhaps no one is aware of this more than the disenfranchised members of the nation's under students.
You as students are told that you only have free speech so long as authorities consider it convenient, that you only have personality so long as it is agreeable, and that you have self determination only if it jibes with the plans of others. Authority figures often wonder why there is rebellion. To me, it is no wonder. They haven't made the effort to earn the respect.
Teachers, this is something that we must always strive to do. We need to demonstrate that we are worthy of our lofty roles as figures of command. This is not to say that we must pander , nor that we must relinquish our principles, but rather that we are not entitled to be leaders; we must be qualified for the honor.
And now for some of the less heavy stuff; a little about myself:
I'm a reader, published writer, learner and all around nerd. I play blues guitar, love rock and roll and get very excited over silly fantasy novels. I must admit to a selfish motive in teaching: I want to get people as excited about literature as I am. That would please me greatly. In addition to teaching, I occasionally do a little bit of acting and creative writing, and hope to bring these experiences to the classroom in the most productive manner possible. I included one of my favorite songs here, because in a wild world like this one, we all have to be warriors. |
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Also, the video on the left is a little bit of "What I did on my summer vacation," (I was crew, not rider.)
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