[etni] korczak - quote of the week
- From: "avi tsur" <tsuravi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:09:59 +0000
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This is a reminder that the third and final session of our hishtalmut will
be held at the ministry building in Tel Aviv (rechov Hashlosha 2, Yad
Eliyahu) June 29. The subject - "Implementing Korczak's Educational
Philosophy in the English classroom."
(You are more than welcome to attend, even if you missed the first two
sessions)
Marsha and Avi
Korczak recognized the natural desire of the child ? of everyone ? to
acquire things. He evaluated the "private property" of his children not
according to its objective worth but according to their subjective feelings
about it.
"The educator must see to it that every child has something that is not the
anonymous possession of the institution but belongs to him, privately and
exclusively ? The less sensitive educator, who doesn't understand or is
impulsive, is likely to be angered at the sight of bulging pockets, drawers
that don't shut, quarrels that break out over things that are stolen or
lost. In a fit of exasperation he may assemble all these 'treasures' in a
pile and dump them in the garbage or in the incinerator. This, however, is
an act of indescribably barbaric vandalism. How can you in your ignorance
destroy somebody else's property? And how can you then expect the child to
love anything again? You're not burning paper but the most precious
traditions and life's most ideal aspirations."
When I am Little Again and The Child's Right to Respect ~ Korczak
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