The Wise Old Teacher
The wise, wizened old Teacher sat in the shade of the towering jacaranda tree. His attentive, eager students sat on the fresh green grass and wanted to hear answers to questions over which they, and generations of questioners before them, had puzzled. The Teacher, instead of reciting lectures from his notes, turned the tables and asked his young acolytes to think through the issues with dialogue, argument, and debate. “What is the purpose of learning?” he asked. An hour of thoughtful, sometimes heated discussion followed. He carefully summed up their ideas by way of conclusion, added some of his own insights, and then left the students to continue their dialogue…
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