RAISED HANDS: Some thoughts about classroom pedagogy and conformity How many raised hands are never answered? How many questions are ignored or ridiculed? Why is curiosity so often disparaged? Why are so few educators willing to see things through? Tiredness and mediocrity? Or perhaps a deeper fear our knowledge is incomplete? The next time questions resisting simple answers appear what will you say or think? Liao: At first I was tempted to say something sarcastic, but think it is wiser to stay silent because the poem makes a valid point. Satoru: (with a subdued smile) It raises an uncomfortable truth. . . Melissa: Anyway, often our questions seem irrelevant. Life goes on in a pre-programmed manner regardless of our inquiries. Tim: When to question? When to be silent? That is an issue we all need to reflect on. ===================================================================================== from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A pictorial poem and dialogue about education, conformity and mediocrity. KEYWORDS: education for mediocrity, McDonaldized education, education for conformity, intellectual inquiry Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/teacherspeak.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/fail.htm TRANSLATIONS BŬLGARSKI: https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Botev1.htm ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/manos.htm FRANÇAIS: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/mains.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kyoshu.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/jushou.htm