We all begin as helpless infants. None of us are born walking and talking. None of us are born with scientific knowledge or vocational, athletic, or artistic skills. None of us are born believing in a religious, political, racial or any other form of ideology. We all start out learning to become who we can’t help but learn to be within life environments we didn’t choose to live in. The differences that make the differences between us are learned. We are always becoming who we can’t help but learn to become (unless we learn to become otherwise).
According to all we can* know:
I’d be you if I learned to be me in your life.
You’d be me if you learned to be you in my life.
Imagine children learning this early life. How it would cancel out so many prejudices while also contributing to their social relationships and their own personal appreciation of the role of learning in their journey to become their future selves.
Learning as early as possible that they will become who they learn to become…
I Am Always in All Ways Learning to Become Me |
I Am Becoming Who I Am Learning to Become |
Learning You |
What Should Children Learn? |