tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2810932560927658014..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: End of the line?doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26372780716802349452009-10-10T14:48:17.753-04:002009-10-10T14:48:17.753-04:00Dear Louise,
Well, so long as life is likely to r...Dear Louise,<br /><br />Well, so long as life is likely to rebound, I keep my cynicism at bay. I worry about spending my last years in a Mark Twin type of darkness, but so far I've been ridiculously happy.<br /><br />Glad to see you back writing!<br /><br /><br />Dear Kathryn,<br /><br />Yay, you're on of us!<br /><br />I felt landlocked the years i was in Ann Arbor.<br /><br />I'm not sure what we should do about teaching the children--for me the issue is when we teach it, not how. Kids have enough folks misrepresenting life--we need to keep true to what we know. (I know you already do this--if you didn't, you would not be facing your dilemma--there are advantages to total lack of awareness.)<br /><br /><br />Dear Charlie,<br /><br />I love my October garden--even as the plants start to pale, they keep putting out fruit. Not as big, perhaps, and maybe not as tasty, but still sustaining, hope in the face of increasing darkness, fading away before the sun returns in spring.<br /><br />Gardening takes us back to the original garden, a good reminder of what matters, as mysterious as it is.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-11421171844057893002009-10-10T10:42:03.801-04:002009-10-10T10:42:03.801-04:00Always an interesting post. I took in the last of...Always an interesting post. I took in the last of my lettuce, peppers, and egg plant this morning after our frost last night. I thought of you and once again wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to actually have fun with the natural environment. My little patch of garden has been more fun than i ever would have imagined. Be well.Charlie Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335346223868916197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-44721190340115177012009-10-03T09:26:15.931-04:002009-10-03T09:26:15.931-04:00I just went over to the NOAA report and discovered...I just went over to the NOAA report and discovered that living within 50 miles of a Great Lake makes me a coastal dweller. I love living near a large body of water but have studied firsthand the issues of watershed drainage and coastal pollution. Scary stuff! <br /><br />Part of my graduate ed program involved running a camp where kids studied water quality and gained an understanding. One of my concerns was that while they gained understanding, they didn't gain a sense of agency or even possibility about improving the situation. This is all something I struggle with when including environmental issues in Chemistry learning.<br /><br />It's a beautiful day here. I plan to spend time outside perhaps I'll pay a visit to the big water.Kathryn Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757414380685368592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-41757280303906205482009-10-03T07:03:08.803-04:002009-10-03T07:03:08.803-04:00As a person who lives amongst agriculture, I see l...As a person who lives amongst agriculture, I see life and death and the cycling between. Like you I believe we a re beyond the tipping point, but even though I see nature rebound, I am not as optimistic about the nature of humans. We should have learned by a number of past mistakes, but ego believing that there will always be more and the world is there for us to just take is troubling. I know it is cynical, but one cannot help but see the unraveling on a number of fronts. Like you, my walks in nature re-energize me and give me some hope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544468563054087057noreply@blogger.com