Eloquence of Ambiguity
Posted on June 7, 2017 by ivonprefontaine
Language matters. Yesterday, I read a post on an educational blog. Essentially, the person argued that “data driven education” was stupid and education was “child driven.” I accept children make choices about what they learn. As a teacher, I used data, including their choices, to inform how I taught.
What I understood demeaned anyone who spoke differently than this person. It is in pluralism and diversity the essence of eloquent ambiguity that we appreciate the world and receive gifts.
Most people accept a world that is grey and their language appreciates the eloquence of ambiguity. Language has a way of fixing things as if they were more permanent. It is the capacity of humans to interpret and re-interpret that brings forth the elegance of the world.
Appreciate the world as it is
It does not arrive pre-packaged.
Let its eloquence emerge.
Receive unimaginable beauty.
Only an internal compass that guides you.
This is a path in Waterton Lakes National Park. A person only sees a short distance ahead when walking a path. What comes next is uncertain.
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Eloquence of Ambiguity
Posted on June 7, 2017 by ivonprefontaine
Language matters. Yesterday, I read a post on an educational blog. Essentially, the person argued that “data driven education” was stupid and education was “child driven.” I accept children make choices about what they learn. As a teacher, I used data, including their choices, to inform how I taught.
What I understood demeaned anyone who spoke differently than this person. It is in pluralism and diversity the essence of eloquent ambiguity that we appreciate the world and receive gifts.
Most people accept a world that is grey and their language appreciates the eloquence of ambiguity. Language has a way of fixing things as if they were more permanent. It is 
the capacity of humans to interpret and re-interpret that brings forth the elegance of the world.
Appreciate the world as it is
It does not arrive pre-packaged.
Let its eloquence emerge.
Receive unimaginable beauty.
Only an internal compass that guides you.
This is a path in Waterton Lakes National Park. A person only sees a short distance ahead when walking a path. What comes next is uncertain.
Posted in Community, Education, Leadership, Mindful Life, Nature in All Its Glory, Photography, Poetry, Reflective Moments, teacher as transformer and tagged community, conversational journey, creativity, education, eloquent questions, Mindful Practice, mindfulness, nature, poetry, teacher as transformer. Bookmark the permalink.