"Education
is
not
the
filling
of
a
pail,
but
the
lighting
of
a
fire."
William
Butler
Yeats
L
ately, I've found myself think-
ing about the kind of learning
that doesn't get talked about
as much. Not the academic
kind, not the measurable kind,
but something quieter. The
kind that lives in the hands, in
the body, in the rhythm of
everyday life. Somewhere
along the way, it feels like that
kind of learning has slowly
faded from childhood. Not in
terms of intelligence or po-
tential, but something more
basic and more human. Even
as children grow into bright,
capable learners, small, quiet
gaps can begin to form, not
obvious ones, not ones you
can measure on a test, but
something deeper, something
about how to be in the world
and not just succeed in it.
Photograph
by
Keziah
Palmer
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