So, I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out how to respond to Dina’s challenge. I thought about mirroring Peter over at Chalkdust101, but decided to kinda go my own way. So, in the spirit of trying to think about my own teaching, here’s my educational philosophy in quotes. It’s by no means complete. I hope it makes sense.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. – Rachel Carson

When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores. – Alfie Kohn

Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions. – Michel Foucault

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. - John Dewey

So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you. - Jesus

First, all education is environmental education. By what is included or excluded, students are taught that they are part of or apart from the natural world. - David Orr

We are just a speck, on a speck, orbiting a speck, in the corner of a speck in the middle of nowhere. – Bill Nye

Calmer than you are. – Walter Sobchak