Our discussion about choices today really had me thinking. What if in choosing a particular piece of music, I make a decision that will hinder a component of my students' intellectual growth? How do the choices I make affect not only my students, but the world outside my classroom? By choosing one path over another do I limit myself from seeing something important in my other options? It has been extremely difficult for me to come to terms with the fact that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to think...instead it is about the choices you make and how they will affect your teaching and your life. I am so conditioned into believing that I must have the correct answer and that there is no middle ground. The "this is the way it is" way of thinking has worked for me so far...so why go against the grain?
I know that my knowledge is limited based on my experiences, but how do I analyze my choices in order to determine what is the best solution for that time period? Do I limit myself with the choices I make? These were some of my big questions in class today...a lot to wrap my mind around.
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Michelle, I like the way you express your feelings about coming to terms with the relativity of right and wrong in thinking matters. This is something that I think we will probably struggle with longer than just this course, or summer, or degree, esp. considering the number of years we've had the "one way" model ingrained in our minds.
I think that, yes, we do limit ourselves by the choices that we make, but we can exhibit some contol over the outcome by examining those possible choices. If we simply ignore our obligation to analyze and choose, then we limit ourselves much more.
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