I did enjoy the one reading called "Seeing." This reading helped remind me that people's minds are wired so differently and we all have different stories and view the world from different lens. I sometimes get frustrated with people when they aren't on the same page as me, but then I remember to be patient and listen to the other person's point of view. It's so easy to shut people out, but I think a important aspect to being n environmental educator is to listen to people and educate people in a way that everyone can be on board with. I liked this quote from "seeing" on page 214-215, "The actual objects which one person will see from a particular hilltop are just as different from those which another will see as the persons are different." People operate so differently from each other but that's not a bad thing, it's just important to understand where each other are coming from.
Another reading that spoke to me was "Tenacity of Life." It was an interesting way to describe nature, more of in a poetic way rather that scientific. "Nature opposes to this many obstacles, as climate, myriads of brute and also human foes, an of competitors which preoccupy the ground. Each suggests an immense and wonderful greediness and tenactivity of life." All the creatures of the Earth are just trying to survive, it's survival of the fittest if you will.
I wrote about those two things also. I agree that at times, I can get so annoyed when people don't see something that I do. This can be a physical thing or just a belief or concept. We all are going to be different, but this is what makes like so interesting and special. I think this is also brought up in Charles Kingsleys writing.
ReplyDeleteI took a composting class this past November and one of the things we covered was work place composting. As the presenter was going over the process she took her boss remindered her that she wasn't normal. When we look at our class we mostly likely have similar views to environmental issues, but if we look at the population of Indiana we would not fit in the majority with our environmental views. Sorry to say but we are not normal. This definately makes life more interesting but how as EE do we address these things in a short time period or how do we keep from being biased in our teaching.
ReplyDeleteindeed...the how to's of speaking the language that can at least be a halfway meeting grounds w/ people for some safe/respectful space. I constantly have this on the forefront of my mind being in flux with varied groups. It may not so much be a worry of bias, but the consideration for naming things for what they are.
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