"We should invent a specific time for learning. The present incarnation of , for example. I am here, in this class, and I finally understand! My brain is spreading in my body is embodies .
When it does not happen when I do not understand anything, I flake, I disintegrated during this time that does not pass, my crumble into dust and a puff is enough to disperse.
But, that knowledge can be incarnated in the present of a lesson, should stop waving the past as a disgrace and the future as a punishment. "
by Daniel Pennac, "Journal of School", Milan, 2008
A book that makes us re-open eyes on the students, donkeys or nerds, we have been. Which brings us to remind teachers that we had. And, for those of us who teach, that forces us to re-look at their actions and relationships with pupils under the blanket of platitudes, clichés, prejudices which usually cover it.
A book that helps you to understand.
A book I'd like all my colleagues and all my students had read.
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