What did you last learn from a child?

“What did you last learn| from a child?”

a child-centered school

By Henry H. Walker

The child| is central(ˈsentrəl).

a teacher for the early school| is asked|
“What did you last learn| from a child?”
and she is hooked(ho͝okt)| on Carolina(ˌkarəˈlīnə) Friends School,
other places that had talked to her|
questioned(ˈkwesCHən) credentials(krəˈden(t)SHəl), history, titles,
she finds a home| where the child| is central,

a former CFS teacher| speaks of his faith(fāTH),
and the power| of the practice here, the walk| of the talk,
how the school embodies(emˈbädē)| that of the spirit(ˈspirit), makes it real,
for his own children, for the community,

a current(ˈkə-rənt,ˈkərənt) CFS teacher,
a guy who| “fixes it”| with things| and with kids
who need to express(ikˈspres) self| through tools and wood,
appreciates(əˈprēSHēˌāt) what the school has done|
for him, for his own children,
and now hopes to continue| for his grandchildren,
that each will be seen| and loved| for who| each is,
that the school| will stay true| to person| and mission,

a former head of school
speaks of the vision(ˈviZHən)| of a Promised(ˈpräməs) Land| a school can have,
and the effort| to create that school,
while holding no structure| as set in stone, except,

“The child is central.”

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