Wednesday, March 17, 2004
WOW! Now even my MOTHER is calling me a blog-slacker. OK, so maybe she didn't use those exact words ... but she certainly pointed out to me that she is disappointed that looking at my blog recently only talks about changing my calendars to the March pictures. (Which are wonderful, by the way!) Mom said that I should blog about the concert that I played with the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra on March 6. It was a blast ... we played all music from movies ... Chicago (my personal favorite), An American in Paris, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Over the Rainbow, Gonna Fly Now (the BEST brass piece I've played in a LONG time!), etc. It was great fun, and we had a full house.
But, really, I want to blog today about a field trip that we took some students on yesterday. We went to an event downtown called "Student Technology Roundtable" that had used roundtable participants who were winners of national awards in the areas of science and technology for young people. The descriptions of their research and developments were fascinating. As an educator, though, I came away from that day with something beyond that. I was reminded that the essence of SCIENCE epitomizes the essence of EDUCATION ... or, better said, life-long learning. To be a learner, you have to know how to ASK a QUESTION ... and then you have to know how to travel the road to answer your question. So many students have no idea about QUESTION asking ... and I was reminded that I ought to be teaching them to ASK questions ... and not only concentrate on teaching them to ANSWER questions.
The reason that I don't update my blog more often is because I don't really realize that people read it. If you DO read my blog, will you let me know ... comment here or call me at home or send me an e-mail or hire a sky-writer or something. It's not worth the babbling time if it's just for me (because I babble to myself on a regular basis!!) :-D
