The only time I went to an astrologer, she said something along the lines of my life being touched by huge amounts of kids. She emphasised the amount, clarifying that this went beyond offspring or nieces and nephews. And she said that kids would transform my life, or maybe already had.
So what am I going to say about kids in just one blog post? Kids are my life! But not in the doting, drooling, pampering kids of way. What educators do is all about kids and thinking constantly of what kind of world we need to build for them, and who they need to be in this world.
On Friday I did a workshop for teachers and during my intro, I confessed to being someone who gets very excited about curriculum design. (Croatia is introducing a new National Curriculum). For me, curriculum is the ultimate form of applied philosophy. The WHY of the what and how we are going to teach is such a deep philosophical debate.
Anyhoo. I thought I'd just lighten it up with offering George Carlin talking about devotion of children. Most of it is really profound, as excellent stand up can be. (It's not for the faint of heart!)
It is my hope that through Pana Wakke we are making a good contribution. Rather than being "out-of-the-box", we're trying to get rid of the box completely.
Amen.
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