flying

My belt buckle is the object of his affection; goldfish brightly twisting fins frozen in a watery two-dimension.
Fish fly, he says. Mom fly. I fly.
The truth is hidden. Mom does not fly. She rests underground.
Fish don’t fly. When they pass on, they pass on to life in the sewer, faithfully flushed, mingling among the ruins.
I [...]

The secret

The secret in education
lies in respecting
the student.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
 
 
The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but WARMTH is the vital element for the growing plant and the soul of the CHILD.
-Carl Jung-