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A True Story Showing School as It Should Be
Author: Kim Allsup Foreword by Patrice Maynard
Can you remember the world of movement, wonder, and intense sensation that you lived in when you were six years old? Does education mean filling a bucket or does it mean lighting a fire?
In today's predominant educational environment, where high-stakes testing and anxiety reign, it's clear that the goal, though implicit, is to fill buckets. Kim Allsup would like us to start lighting fires-to stop treating children like empty buckets. She sees that the vital essence of education has been sucked out of most schools today; that we must strive, above all, to it bring back, and that the situation is indeed urgent. Nevertheless, this book contains no arguments; it is not a change-of-policy proposal, nor is it a polemical treatise.
Kim Allsup is a teacher and a teller of stories, and so this book, looking only at the surface, tells the story of the six years she spent as a teacher with her class. However, it does much more than that. Funny, poignant, moving, relatable, and, finally, life-affirming and hopeful, this memoir gently shows the way to an educational approach worthy of childhood-education rooted in wonder.
Wonder is a challenging word. It has been overused, abused, and commercialized, and its true definition is perhaps endangered. Yet, wonder is a uniquely human experience, and to stifle or remove it from the lives of our children is to court a barren and dismal future. Wonder remains alive, but we may need to be reminded of it. This story is a living reminder of the simple beauty of childhood wonder and our responsibility to the future-Never give it up!
CONTENTS:
Working with Wonder
Wonder
Confidence
Curiosity
Attention
Listening
Resilience
Gratitude
Perspective
Respect
Nurturing
Work
Responsibility
Inquiry
Balance
Insight
Hope
Friendship
Freedom
Experience
Turning Point
Awakening
Healing
Compassion
Destiny
Main Lessons
Love
Reflections
School as It Should Be
