I've been quiet here for the last week trying to collect thoughts after writing so much last month. I think I'll be a little quiet for the next several days as well. I'm not giving up on writing, just need to find my voice again. Before I sign off to enjoy Spring Break, I wanted to mention something ... I dropped a friend of the family's son off at school today for them and walked him to his pre-K classroom. It is the same private school my daughter went to prior to moving on to first grade this year at the public school. As I was walking down the hall I saw the quilt her class made last year as a culminating project. I was stopped in my tracks -- I was just in awe of what it means.
It was filled with color, life, and inspiration. I recall hearing her talk about the quilt nearly every day last year and didn't quite understand why it was such a big deal. Even at her graduation when they showed it off it didn't quite hit me. Seeing this living example of my daughter's contribution to the intellectual, emotional, and perhaps spiritual embodiment of her school in the hall today made me both very sad and very happy. It is, in every single way, in stark contrast to the representation of her contribution in the public school system -- the "adequate sign." I can't tell you how it made me feel to know she made something tangible that the current students point to as a model for how they learn to contribute, share, and participate in the process of learning. Really an amazing thing to see.
And with that, I'll talk to you when the mood strikes!
A fitting precursor to a break. Well done and we await your return!
Posted by: Carl Berger | 03/05/2009 at 07:00 PM
Great picture. It reminds me of the contrast that you talked about on the podcast -- between how your refrigerator door looked last year compared to this year.
Posted by: Allan Gyorke | 03/08/2009 at 08:00 PM