“This, Too, We Believe”
I think the world that sticks out to me the most is the word “Community”. In every classroom, there should be this sense of a community the idea that we share everything. I think in my mind I see the classic “Farmers Market” esque idea where everyone is bringing what they have grown and sharing it with the rest of the people, who too have brought goods to share. Maybe it is just how I picture it but I think this describes a classroom as well. Everyone brings their strong points to share with others who may have different strong points. It isn’t that what they are bringing to the table is any less but it is different and beautiful in its own way. Someone who is bringing the most beautiful apples may lack the necessities to grown oranges, but their neighbor has the right tools for oranges. By sharing what everyone needs it is easier to establish that comfortably in a classroom that I think is important. Understanding not only what a student’s strong points are but understanding what their weaknesses are and sharing it in such a way that you can mesh them with another student who is lacking or gaining in the opposite as the other student makes sharing a little easier. There is a sense of Unity in the word Community as well that brings back the idea of everyone being equal. Just because they can grow the most amazing apples doesn’t mean that they are not working to grow something else. I think as humans we like to compare ourselves to one another and think in terms of being the same in aspects that we don’t need to be the same. Unity provides the idea that we are together but not the same. It helps prove to students each of you have different strong points and different weaknesses, but when we are all together we are equal in the fact that we are all trying to learn. regardless of what we bring to the table, we all are unified in the fact that we are present at the farmers market, willing to gives those things that our neighbors need and hoping that our neighbors will be willing to share what we need in order to succeed.
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