Learning from learners December 15, 2006
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Edubloggers.trackback
There is an interesting post on Weblogg-ed. It is a short piece about the tragic loss of a student and the online response from her friends. The post quickly moves from personal to a poignant message about the state of affairs in our classrooms, and offers an opportunity to create a bridge, which is quoted below.
“We’re totally missing the point if we think we can wave the spectre of danger in front of them (danger of pedophiles, danger of future embarrassment, danger of _________) and expect them just to stop. Whether we like it or not, these are important and meaningful places to a large number of our kids. It’s not our role to control them because the reality is we can’t do that. It’s our role to educate them. And to do that, we have to be willing to learn from them first.”
The entire post can be found here:
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2006/01/17#a4516
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