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How Parent-teacher nights have changed through the years. Our three chaired "three-way conferences" as we met with the teacher tonight to discuss their portfolios of work and the progress they had made since the beginning of the year. This level of involvement in monitoring their own progress in education is, I believe, a healthy one. To sit and listen to your 8-9-12 year old children being asked to evaluate their year and to set goals for the second half is to be part of an important life-long skill. It certainly wasn't formally included in my own education.
How valuable - for all of us - to take time out to reflect on where we have come from, where we are presently at, and consider where we might take aim in the next phase. I suspect that this ought to be a regular part of one's spiritual disciplines, and included as part of one's prayer conversations.
Posted by gary at June 15, 2005 11:17 PM
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