Being an Orientation Leader and Ambassador really helps you learn to share effectively, I think. Thanks for sharing the informaiton about your background, especially your birth heritage. I am glad that you value your birth culture and its language and traditions. More and more, educators will be working with students who have allegiance to more than one way of life, and we must learn to respect our studetns and the experiences they bring to our classrooms. However, you are always asked to read it in the contexts of how you will use it, which fits in with your hands-on approach to learning.
Experience is absolutely necessary, so hands-on active learning is vital.
However, our activities and experiences must be informed by reading and research, by our learning aboutthe views of others. Otherwise, our handson work will become stagnant and narrow and ineffective. AS teachers we are lifelong learners. Thanks again for this great piece.