What it's all about

Quote of the day:

Jay Rosen says that blogging is emotional, it’s about freedom… he calls blogs “the little first amendment machines.”  Listics: A Sandhill Joint

Emotional life drives: Social competency, academic achievement, spirituality, confidence levels, self-esteem, sleep, weight, addictions, ability for problem solving, attitude, values, beliefs, work ethic, world view, politics, religion, bias, health ... relationships, relationships, relationships ...

And yet in education it is avoided, ignored, denied, silenced, repressed, or overlooked.

Lately, the only thing I care about when I teach teachers, is how emotional life affects their interactions with young children. It is more important than reading, writing, curriculum, science, or math.

For emotional life affects everything, begins in the earliest of the earliest, emotional memories of our lives, and lasts until we die.

Comments

[tamarika]

Yes, joared, I agree. Emotional life is sometimes hidden from our awareness and comes out when we least expect it. The non-verbals are a great venue for unconscious to peek through.

[joared]

Our emotional life can be reflected in all of our non-verbal behaviors with which we need to be especially aware -- tone of voice, inflections, intensity, facial expression -- can be so critical whatever the words we may say.

[tamarika]

The personal meets the professional.

[Fran aka Redondowriter]

Yes, yes--I agree. And this goes for all the professions including medicine and law.