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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Except From Everyday Work of Art by Eric Booth
That is why, given the same task, 30 students in music, poetry, or the visual arts will create 30 different solutions, all of which can be ‘right’, while 30 students in arithmetic will- If the teacher has taught effectively- come up with identical solutions.
E. Eimers, The Role of the Arts in Cognition and Curriculum
Did you know that for pretty much the entire history of the human species, the average life span was less than thirty years? You could count on ten years or so of real adulthood, right? There was no planning for retirement, There was no planning for a career. There was no planning. No time for plannning. No time for a future. But then the life spans started getting longer, and people started having more and more future. And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future—you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college.
John Green, Paper Towns
This quote is an excerpt from a letter from UC Berkeley Professor Michael O’Hare to his students. The letter explains education and how it has changed extremely well. I highly suggest that you read the letter- it’s a quick, powerful read.
Maxine Greene, Notes on Aesthetic Education, Defining Aesthetic Education
