Subject: Re: Student Blooper SeasonHere's how you both can be right. M. Scott Peck defines love as the will to extend oneself for the spiritual development of others (as well as our own). He further makes no distinction between spiritual and cognitive development. Therefore as teachers we have to love our students in order to extend ourselves for our student's cognitive development. This can take many forms from the tough love of Johna to the nurturing of Louis.
From: Johnna Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:09:57 -0600
X-Message-Number: 19>Stephen, no firing away. Just a quick clarification or two. I'll just
>say that being kind is not synonomous being easy, not being a push over.
>And, when I say "love," like you I mean, ... believing in the
>best of people, in the unique potential of each, and to never stop finding
>ways to get each of them to believe.And now for my second curmudgeonly reply -
... The problem
with operating under this assumption all the time, with every
student, is that there *are* students who lie and cheat. ...There is a time for kindness, but also a time for shrewd judgement of character and performance.Johnna
For those interested, Dr. Lisa S. Goldstein has written about the importance of love in education.
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Herb Coleman
Adjunct Psychology Professor
Austin Community College
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