I didn’t start the reading assignment until about 8pm this night. This turned out to be a bad idea since all the reflections required interviewing people and children. They only person I could convince to be interview this late at night was my nine year old brother. He wasn’t completely thrilled and had more fun wrestling with me then answering the question. (Which I total encourage by telling him I turning his brain as I poked him in the head.) I did like one comment he made. We were talking about times he felt like he had freedom, even just a little bit of freedom. He said soccer was one area that he felt he had freedom in. But then he said “but mom still doesn’t ask.” It was interesting he still wanted to be asked about playing soccer or attending a soccer camp even though we all know he like to play.It made me think about how we start to assume someone will like or not like something based on our previous experiences with him. But we are always changing and what we like one day we may not like the next day. It’s easy when we first meeting a person to assume that who they are present is who they are but they could be have a bad day or a good day. We typically are just see one aspect of their personality. It takes time to understand who someone is and even when we think we understand, we still need to ask.
2 comments:
I like your phrase "We still need to ask". I think that is a great theme for teachers to continue to think about.
This is a very interesting thought. I think that kids especially change what they like to do, but even adults do. I love to try new things, and sometimes those become my new favorites.
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