Aug 8.
No man ever makes a discovery, even an observation of the least importance, but he is advertised of the fact by a joy that surprises him.
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As a teacher, I try to supplement my required assignments with opportunity to explore. For my vocabulary lessons, I require students to find their own words, and then to find (for some, not all) real world examples from Google News. "Don't just find a sentence with the word in context," I tell them. "Take a little time. Find an interesting article or two; read the whole thing."
Only a few of them do. We all start out in this world with innate curiosity. What happens to it, I wonder? (Yes, I know that school takes some of the blame. But there must be plenty of other reasons, too.)
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As a teacher, I try to supplement my required assignments with opportunity to explore. For my vocabulary lessons, I require students to find their own words, and then to find (for some, not all) real world examples from Google News. "Don't just find a sentence with the word in context," I tell them. "Take a little time. Find an interesting article or two; read the whole thing."
Only a few of them do. We all start out in this world with innate curiosity. What happens to it, I wonder? (Yes, I know that school takes some of the blame. But there must be plenty of other reasons, too.)
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