This chapter focuses a rather large amount on vignette rather than practical use of the process in the classroom. At the same time I also enjoyed reading about the concept of using silence and listen deeply: "dwell in ideas, listen to our own teaching". The idea of listen to yourself and realizing what is important to your teaching based on self reflection and epitomizing who you are as an educator. When it comes to educating, teaching, and learning it is important to know how to reflect on your experiences to really own the information gathered from the experience. When this is done students and teachers alike begin to realize how capable the students are, more often then know the intellectual ability of the children in under estimated. When students are challenged based on their actual intellectual abilities instead of their perceived abilities they become eager and joyful while learning.
Four Perfect Pebbles: Escape to Holland and Get Dressed and Come with Us
These two chapters were full of fantastic images, some more upsetting than others but the words paint a dramatic picture. The night of broken glass really got me confused, because if they had all these people in captivity why did they let them go? Did they only let go those who had papers? I didn't see what the ultimate point was, unless it merely to put even more finical and social stress on the Jewish people. The entire process of taking personal belongings imprisoning, releasing, and then separating reminded me of what the military does to new recruits. They essentially are broken in order to insure compliance to order and regulations.
From all of that torment the escape to Holland didn't get much better the prospect of receiving the visa's finally and then not sure about being able to get to the proper departure point due to an attack on the port. The time lines that are drawn out in the start of this chapter are mind blowing I was surprised that other countries didn't intervene in Germany's actions to Czech but the moment the attack shifts to someone more friendly intervention is immediate. I was upset at lack of reaction by outsiders, and I was even more upset at the idea that these people had no control over their fate. Of course the Jewish people would have no control but the thought of lack of control was upsetting.
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