SHOULDN'T WE EXPECT EXCELLENCE? Some Thoughts about Education and Silence IMAGE: An octagonal star mandala with some illuminated text at the center surrounded by a blue ring of fire that seems to have some sort of high-energy wind emanating from the core. Melissa: (raising her eyebrows) Isn't there a dialog here? Tim: (shrugging his shoulders) Dialogs are transient things that soon go the way of dust. Liao: (yawning) Yeah. We have got to learn to live with silence. ===================================================================================== from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Reflections on educational excellence, silence, and curricular standards. KEYWORDS: good teaching, sub-rosa dialogs, educational excellence, educational standards Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2011 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/aston.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/experts.htm