Tuesday, June 22, 2010
earned insights
The term "earned insights" makes me think of several of my 4th grade students this past school year. Many of them have "earned insights" into things that they shouldn't have to experience anytime in their lives let alone in 4th grade. In Qualley's book the child that learns from touching the hot stove, even though he had been told the already formulated truth because of the parent's knowledge and experience, had truly earned this insight. Many of my students have not only been told that something is wrong, they've experienced the wrong in person, and I guess it could be described as "earned insight". I wish I could erase these from their lives.
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Wouldn't it be nice if we could just have a big eraser for the mind so they would be able to concentrate on school and not on their "earned insight".
ReplyDeleteBeth, I hear the concern and love for your students every time you share. Thankfully, they have at least one person in their lives they can trust and rely on as well as a safe place to go at least 9 months of the year. One day a person will be sitting in a college classroom telling others about the reason they are where they are is because of this one teacher who cared.
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