It was the late 1970s and I had a denim bag I carried with me every day in seventh and eighth grade that had nothing to do with my schoolwork; I carted my 2 ½ inch thick, hardback American Heritage dictionary and my equally thick Reader’s Digest thesaurus around with me.
Thank you for sharing your passion and commitment to curiosity and keeping learning. Your bee project sounds so rich and fascinating, look forward to following along. I read the Amy Stewart article too on being a self-appointed artist-in-residence and that has inspired my own project too!
“It doesn’t matter how many degrees I have or what my plans are for formal education in the future, I always want to be learning and engaging in a curriculum that stokes my curiosity.” A THOUSAND TIMES YES! I feel this so strongly. A someone whose whole career has been “school” (I’m a college professor), I nevertheless feel as though there’s always so much more to learn and do outside of the norms of traditional education. I’ve learned so much from you in that regard, too - namely the value of following your curiosity even when (especially when) there’s no obvious material or status payoff. I learned this from my mom as well, whose formal education stopped at high school but who never stopped learning new things - just because she was curious.
Thank you for sharing your passion and commitment to curiosity and keeping learning. Your bee project sounds so rich and fascinating, look forward to following along. I read the Amy Stewart article too on being a self-appointed artist-in-residence and that has inspired my own project too!
“It doesn’t matter how many degrees I have or what my plans are for formal education in the future, I always want to be learning and engaging in a curriculum that stokes my curiosity.” A THOUSAND TIMES YES! I feel this so strongly. A someone whose whole career has been “school” (I’m a college professor), I nevertheless feel as though there’s always so much more to learn and do outside of the norms of traditional education. I’ve learned so much from you in that regard, too - namely the value of following your curiosity even when (especially when) there’s no obvious material or status payoff. I learned this from my mom as well, whose formal education stopped at high school but who never stopped learning new things - just because she was curious.