I am surrounded by wonderful teaching models. There are so many ideas moving around, so much creativity and curiosity. I hope education is never complete. I think this is why I'm so drawn to it. Will we ever conquer all the things it poses: how we learn, the ethics of what is taught, the politics of how education is structured, the interpersonal relationship of teacher and student?
I had the pleasure of watching Pamela Devenport, a master (truly) Suzuki teacher give two very different lessons to two very different students this afternoon. They learned from her, I learned from her, and my lesson for my students will be influenced by her as well, and where else will it all go? Learning from learning, teaching from teaching. It is such a difficult art and only as I start to step into it with some self-scrutiny am I starting to see the incredible virtuosity of certain teachers. I am a beginner, and a very fortunate one, indeed.
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