"...And so it was here, the unknown future they’d talked about preparing students for...but were they themselves ready? This was a thought going through my head while out walking my dogs, looking out upon my current surroundings, my place, my home. This time of isolation only reinforces why it is dispositions we need to be fostering in school, not narrow academics. It is so apparent right now what dispositions will be important for our children, as they are right now for us. Empathy, kindness, patience,resilience, innovation, flexibility, trust, the ability to know when to lead and to know when to follow, creativity, independence, humour ...I could go on and on. Human beings with these dispositions will always seek understanding and knowledge, but human beings raised amongst a culture of competition, measurement and knowledge may not necessarily develop these dispositions. Play all the way! Arts all the away! Relationships all the way! When we get back to our schools let...
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