7.11.25 - 313 - Back in Mesopotamia

I will never forget doing Mesopotamia for the first time. I had no idea what to expect. Like Rome, it was one of the Ancients which I had no idea about. That and Persia. I just recall being left cold by the stories... and in some ways I still feel quite disconnected to it, but really over the years, especially through Inanna and the work I have done with astronomy, I have developed an affection for it.

Also I have become a better teacher and am able to guide the students more effectively.

Like yesterday we did cuneiform and harvested our own reeds.

We are also killing it with the maps. We are getting good at reading maps. All our work is slowly diverging INTO each other.

We are being reintroduced to Fractions and it is a delight to see that most of the students have remembered what they are and how they work. We lived so deeply with them that it was just awesome. 

Everyday, bit by bit, we learnt more and more... and after three weeks, it was awesome.

That is the magic of teaching and learning. For the children who will be leaving me, well, sayonara. You will never find a better learning experience. It does not get better than this. The basics are taught and retained... you can't do better really. But if you do believe you can do better, then so be it.

But they will leave, and what else can you do? Not a lot.

Right.

Time to get to school. I have a CA and it is amazing. Honestly. I don't want to get too used to it. But she said to me yesterday, you just never stop. It is true. I never stop. We Steiner teachers do not have it easy at all.