Harrison, you said: * I guess I could feel really sad an upset. I am pretty clear why fun doesn't put in an appearance. It has everything to do with control, and the fact that for many of us, we have been taught that if you are having fun, you can't be working, and therefore nothing useful can get done. Happens in schools. Come on Children, stop playing, it is time to go to work and learn something! How horrible!!! For me when fun stops, learning ceases, and the possibility of useful outcomes reduces to zero.
I couldn't agree more, so let me tell you yet another way in which OST is changing the world. I co-taught a Conflict Resolution in the Classroom course last year. We conducted the entire class in OST. On the last day we did a closing circle. In that circle, one of the teachers said the biggest learning for her was that she could learn without stress. Before the class, she thought stress was a necessary corollary to learning. I don't know how this insight has changed what she does in the classroom, but I expect whatever those changes are, are very good. Julie * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
