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Post by meester on Jan 23, 2016 13:27:43 GMT -8
So I have this gaggle of kids that are wicked sensitive and I can't help but wonder that we could be spending our time in more value adding ways. I have basically free reign on whatever I want to teach, and the poetry classes I find tedious at times, but some of that's on me for lack of more quality preparation. I'm contemplating sharing some of Enig's book of limmericks which I confess to not having read. Will kickstart em this week with Rumi and Walt. They all have the Ipads and 2 bimesters to go so there is time.
I'll be back.
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Post by Portto on Feb 15, 2016 8:35:21 GMT -8
So I have this gaggle of kids that are wicked sensitive and I can't help but wonder that we could be spending our time in more value adding ways. I have basically free reign on whatever I want to teach, and the poetry classes I find tedious at times, but some of that's on me for lack of more quality preparation. I'm contemplating sharing some of Enig's book of limmericks which I confess to not having read. Will kickstart em this week with Rumi and Walt. They all have the Ipads and 2 bimesters to go so there is time. I'll be back. That sounds pretty interesting... teaching Rumi and Enig to kids... It will probably work best if you give them a 'teaspoon' a day, and the rest something more physical. What age are they? |
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Post by meester on Mar 1, 2016 20:27:25 GMT -8
So I have this gaggle of kids that are wicked sensitive and I can't help but wonder that we could be spending our time in more value adding ways. I have basically free reign on whatever I want to teach, and the poetry classes I find tedious at times, but some of that's on me for lack of more quality preparation. I'm contemplating sharing some of Enig's book of limmericks which I confess to not having read. Will kickstart em this week with Rumi and Walt. They all have the Ipads and 2 bimesters to go so there is time. I'll be back. That sounds pretty interesting... teaching Rumi and Enig to kids... It will probably work best if you give them a 'teaspoon' a day, and the rest something more physical. What age are they? The 8th and 9th graders are 14-16. I gave them an actual Rumi project. It's been a lot of fun grading them and opening up feedback loops. I'm still not done but maybe the best is yet to come. Giving them an Enigma project for next bimester is certainly on a potential. The one thingy with grading things you actually want to give quality feedback on is that it takes a lot of what the humans call time... |
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Post by Portto on Mar 5, 2016 19:58:38 GMT -8
That sounds pretty interesting... teaching Rumi and Enig to kids... It will probably work best if you give them a 'teaspoon' a day, and the rest something more physical. What age are they? The 8th and 9th graders are 14-16. I gave them an actual Rumi project. It's been a lot of fun grading them and opening up feedback loops. I'm still not done but maybe the best is yet to come. Giving them an Enigma project for next bimester is certainly on a potential. The one thingy with grading things you actually want to give quality feedback on is that it takes a lot of what the humans call time... Hehe, yes, grading essays takes a lot of imaginary time. You can also discuss all the projects in class and make them grade each other to save some time, if you have 'space' in the curriculum. Are they getting Rumi? How many are 'lost in mind?' |
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Post by meester on Mar 9, 2016 18:42:15 GMT -8
The 8th and 9th graders are 14-16. I gave them an actual Rumi project. It's been a lot of fun grading them and opening up feedback loops. I'm still not done but maybe the best is yet to come. Giving them an Enigma project for next bimester is certainly on a potential. The one thingy with grading things you actually want to give quality feedback on is that it takes a lot of what the humans call time... Hehe, yes, grading essays takes a lot of imaginary time. You can also discuss all the projects in class and make them grade each other to save some time, if you have 'space' in the curriculum. Are they getting Rumi? How many are 'lost in mind?' Hi Port. Yea the kids have been amazing with Rumi. I've learned a lot from them over the last month and am somewhere around 60-70% finished on the feedback. The kids really can be the best teachers. How many lost in mind...Not as many as one may think, but momentum can be noticed, the wheels of ego getting in motion without realizing laws of acceleration in energy. A few students truly knocked my socks off with the level of comprehension/expression, the so called naturals of which I wasn't one at that age. The inquisitives are a joy to respond to because you can see the truth yearning for itself, which leads to effortless pointing or joy in response. Some of the more heavily over cloaked can be tedious to interweave with but they leave bread crumbs for themselves to turn the bus around almost as if intuitively realizing it's going off a cliff. Whether they even read the responses I write is anyone's guess. I work in a private school, all the kids have Ipads mandatory. We don't even use text books in class, all ebook format. I'm in a 95% Christian country, or Catholic, or whatever. I think Enig's poems would be a golden opportunity to get some more quality feedback for them and anyone reading. I have exams coming up for bimester III but bimester IV starts in April so we have a couple months to play with. Maybe I will start a thread and make the kids post for grades. It's a thought. We're starting the Alchemist in grade 9 for Lit but nothing really planned for poetry. Considering I just gave them Rumi I don't want to go too 'non dually' on them but Enig's stuff is pretty tame and enjoyable. Let me discuss with my youngsters. Anyway nice talking Port will write back after exams... |
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Post by Portto on Mar 16, 2016 13:56:23 GMT -8
Hehe, yes, grading essays takes a lot of imaginary time. You can also discuss all the projects in class and make them grade each other to save some time, if you have 'space' in the curriculum. Are they getting Rumi? How many are 'lost in mind?' Hi Port. Yea the kids have been amazing with Rumi. I've learned a lot from them over the last month and am somewhere around 60-70% finished on the feedback. The kids really can be the best teachers. How many lost in mind...Not as many as one may think, but momentum can be noticed, the wheels of ego getting in motion without realizing laws of acceleration in energy. A few students truly knocked my socks off with the level of comprehension/expression, the so called naturals of which I wasn't one at that age. The inquisitives are a joy to respond to because you can see the truth yearning for itself, which leads to effortless pointing or joy in response. Some of the more heavily over cloaked can be tedious to interweave with but they leave bread crumbs for themselves to turn the bus around almost as if intuitively realizing it's going off a cliff. Whether they even read the responses I write is anyone's guess. I work in a private school, all the kids have Ipads mandatory. We don't even use text books in class, all ebook format. I'm in a 95% Christian country, or Catholic, or whatever. I think Enig's poems would be a golden opportunity to get some more quality feedback for them and anyone reading. I have exams coming up for bimester III but bimester IV starts in April so we have a couple months to play with. Maybe I will start a thread and make the kids post for grades. It's a thought. We're starting the Alchemist in grade 9 for Lit but nothing really planned for poetry. Considering I just gave them Rumi I don't want to go too 'non dually' on them but Enig's stuff is pretty tame and enjoyable. Let me discuss with my youngsters. Anyway nice talking Port will write back after exams... Really great that you can do all this in school! Nothing better than having a 'free' teacher! Exploring happiness with the kids on the site would be awesome. Nonduality is not easy to explore during the growing phase of life, but almost everybody is interested in happiness. Very nice hearing all this from you! All the best! |
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Post by Meester101 on Apr 1, 2016 18:50:32 GMT -8
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Hey thanks Port well it just wasn't meant to work out. I am allowed to go should I choose these days, which maybe I may.
Blessings,
Meester
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