{"id":168,"date":"2021-04-29T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jessicasheppard\/?p=168"},"modified":"2021-05-05T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:56:10","slug":"shaking-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/jessicasheppard\/2021\/04\/29\/shaking-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaking Through"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This<\/a> was linked in the title, but made the post proper difficult to get to, so it\u2019s here now instead.)<\/p>\n

Since I wasn\u2019t really in a school this year, and don\u2019t feel that it\u2019s my place to share the consolidation of any pedagogical learnings or goals, here is a life lesson courtesy of teenagers.<\/em><\/p>\n

This morning I was fortunate enough to join a group of senior high school students as they discussed a poetry assignment. One student, while quick to point out that, \u201cI don\u2019t write poems,\u201d was brave enough to let the group study his work.<\/p>\n

We discussed things we liked about his poem. We asked for his rationale around parts we weren\u2019t sure about. We shared our interpretations. Sometimes, we questioned the execution of his intent, or offered suggestions about what he might do differently. And, without fail, he provided answers that were gracious, honest, and insightful.<\/p>\n

Though he is not \u201cinto\u201d poetry, he was able to explain his creative choices; to justify them; to find intent within them in the moment; or\u2014in a couple of cases\u2014admit that they weren\u2019t intentional creative choices at all.<\/p>\n

And isn\u2019t that about all we can ask of people as we\u2019re all rattling through life<\/a> in this wild year? To do what we can, to fake it if we need to, and know when to admit that we don\u2019t know?<\/p>\n

In our efficiency-driven system, how might we trade a bit of bureaucracy for humanity? I imagine our students model it beautifully every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(This was linked in the title, but made the post proper difficult to get to, so it\u2019s here now instead.) Since I wasn\u2019t really in a school this year, and don\u2019t feel that it\u2019s my place to share the consolidation of any pedagogical learnings or goals, here is a life lesson courtesy of teenagers. This … <\/p>\n

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