Cecilia Gault's Interview

     The experience of the interview holds just as much importance as the content of the interview in Cecilia Gault's case. Not only is she being challenged to think in complex ways from an early start, she is also getting to speak face to face with some of the best thought provoking individuals concerning education. In all seriousness I'm jealous. She gets to see one of his presentations and then gets an interview while all I have is a link on a website with a video. Literally a link like this. (actually takes you to the page). And that's the difference...

     To ensure that the students inside my classroom have the best education they can get I need to challenge them to think in different ways, expose them to different ideas, and inspire their own form of creativity through all the new information they will receive. We need to kick them out of the classrooms and into the museums, into other schools to see the ideas bouncing around in other places, into different cultures to see what other civilizations have to offer. As teachers, we love to lecture on all this, but there is something about actually getting your hands dirty that changes your experience. There's something much different than watching a 20 minute video rather than actually being there and having a personal conversation. Maybe I'll be able to catch the next presentation Sir Ken Robinson does. Maybe one day I'll be able to take an entire class to one of his presentations.

   ~ Miles