Intro to Education
Trumpeter (1997)
ISSN: 0832-6193
Intro to Education
Brian Johnson
Trumpeter
BRIAN JOHNSON was a student on AEI's Fall Newfoundland/Mid-Atlantic bus. Here he struggles with understanding the meaning and value of expedition education.
The other day
I watched my teacher's kite soaring
high above a grassy meadow next to the sea
And I said to myself,
"This is education?"
The other day
I hurled snowballs at my classmates
as we scrambled over a rocky mountain top
And I said to myself,
"This is education?"
The other day
I had my first taste of partridgeberry pie
late at night in a small harbor town
And I said to myself,
"This is education?"
The other day
I watched the Earth wrap the moon in a milky shroud
And I said to myself,
"This is education?"
And now, I remember how I used to learn
In crowded lecture halls with untouchable teachers
And I say to myself,
"This is education."
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