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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Memory...All alone in the moonlight...I can smile at the old days
Today my student wowed me with his creativity--not drawing this time, but writing! He shared a sensational story about a Pastor from his church getting shot. It was quite a shocking one, and I'm happy to report that it wasn't one that was based on real events. He successfully rearranged a mixed-up story relatively quickly and opened up more about what life was like in Chuuk. In all, it was a productive session. How he fondly shared spearfishing adventures and what has been going on at school, it highlighted just how "Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose" (http://www.quotegarden.com/memory.html). He's such a wealth of knowledge and there's so much that he can teach me and others. I want him to use language to help him share and preserve all that he is. With how things are going now, I think we're on the right track!
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THANK YOU CHRISTINE:
ReplyDeletefor my student's snack
for my snack
for waiting
for your company....
YOU are so appreciated!
<3
Mar
How could you both not be on track with all the teach and learning activities going on in your sessions? Leave it up to you, Chris to make your student "blossom!"
ReplyDeleteNo matter what island they are from, you can never take away a student's culture. It's interesting when we hear the stories of their lifestyle. It reminds us of our similarities on Guam.
ReplyDeleteI hate Cats. :) But, Broadway aside, it sounds like your student is really figuring out how to access what is in his brain and put it into language. Literacy for the win!
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