I love this Dan, thanks for sharing your musings! I particularly like when you talk about there not being a lesson; that the kids were simply walking. It reminds me of my primary school days simply being in nature. I read somewhere that we are not human-strivings but are human-BEings, we can just be.
To learn to appreciate the natural world children should come to their own understanding and friendship with it before we try and force facts and figures into them. I think maybe that’s why kiwis are so protective over the land, because they learnt to love it as a friend rather than a fact sheet.
Thanks, Kate! This one's for the teachers :) I saw in one of your recent posts you had 150 students this list year? My hat's off to you, as a university lecturer I never topped 50 in a semester. Lessons are what we do, of course! But just being is something else. Not even 'learning to be,' though of course there's some practice to it. Just being. Enjoy your well earned summer!
I love this Dan, thanks for sharing your musings! I particularly like when you talk about there not being a lesson; that the kids were simply walking. It reminds me of my primary school days simply being in nature. I read somewhere that we are not human-strivings but are human-BEings, we can just be.
To learn to appreciate the natural world children should come to their own understanding and friendship with it before we try and force facts and figures into them. I think maybe that’s why kiwis are so protective over the land, because they learnt to love it as a friend rather than a fact sheet.
Once again, this piece was amazing, thank you 😊
Thanks, Kate! This one's for the teachers :) I saw in one of your recent posts you had 150 students this list year? My hat's off to you, as a university lecturer I never topped 50 in a semester. Lessons are what we do, of course! But just being is something else. Not even 'learning to be,' though of course there's some practice to it. Just being. Enjoy your well earned summer!
Thanks so much! And yes, at high schools you end up with quite a few students! I hope you enjoy a break over the summer too 😊
I love the way you see it and write it - from the inside and yet not quite the inside. It's irresistible.