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4. “Naming oneself and others as a contribution produces a shift away from self-concern and engages us in a relationship with others that is an arena for making a difference.” (p. 63)
I feel that my classmates and I in the EMDT program have adopted this as our motto. We all believe that by working together as a team to help the way education is viewed and the system is run we can make it better for all. We do not seek individual recognition and in doing this we work even better at coming up with ideas and ways to push the current boundaries and become even better educators.
My response:
Your comment in #4 about working together to better the whole is a great take-away from the EMDT program! After all there is no "i" in team!
Crystal also said:
3. “This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.” (p. 26)
If giving everyone an A right off the bat was an option as mentioned in the book, it would alleviate in some respects the pressure students feel in class or that all of us may feel in our daily lives with the expectations we feel we have to live up to and open us all up to the possibility that we can do far more and be far more by exploring our passions and being creative than by being narrow-mindedly focused and stuck in reoccurring thought patterns.
My response:
My first response to this was fear. From a teacher's viewpoint, how does one "grade" passion? If we truly embraced this type of education, what would "school" look like? Would we go back to the days of apprenticeship?
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