This article was originally published in Montana Magazine, Mar-Apr 1996. Michael Umphrey Listen to students in the hall outside any high school classroom, and you'll hear how quickly they turn what happened inside that class into stories. For many, these stories are all they remember of high school. R eality, for humans, is a construct of stories. People once knew that stories are no less vital to survival than axes or horses.
Stories capture our minds.
Those who tell our stories are our true teachers. We have so much more interaction with the subject and with the teachers. It makes for good stories. She and her classmates are part of the Montana Heritage Project , a statewide program that emphasizes active student involvement in the community. Most teachers know that motivating students is the hardest part of their work, but that doesn't seem to be a problem here.