I just finished my first day of orientation at Prescott. Exciting. Lots of ideas. Lots of logistics. I feel compelled to share this because this is all about creating community based learning, and YOU are my community. And then I had a thought about creating a blog. So here it is!
The teacher who is teaching my interdisciplinary studies class spoke about how Prescott was founded to offer students support in working out their own visions in the world and in their communities, not the other way around, students fitting into a program already created. That resonated with me. That is why I'm here. I also resonated with the stages of entering into independent learning: elation, disappointment, integration, and arriving. I'm still in the "wow", but feeling the "whoa". I feel like I'm creating a universe. I get to design 3 courses per Semester. I get to reach out to my community and beyond and "say, hey I love what you are doing in the world. What do you think about collaborating for a semester to create something really cool and new??"
For those of you who might be my mentors, it might be helpful to have a look at the mentors page on the Prescott College website (www.prescott.edu). It has a lot of details about the process of becoming a mentor. I'm also really interested in creating opportunities for collaboration even beyond my mentorships, so if you are interested in anything I'm doing, please let me know. For instance, for one of my classes (probably this summer), I'm interested in starting a group to explore a workbook called "body and earth", which is an experiential text that involves BMC, authentic movement, and being out in the natural world---connecting embodiment with living on the planet (pretty obvious connection eh?). I'm also interested in starting a salon/discussion group, offering community presentations of my work, having "shadow days", etc, etc (that's the whoa).
More soon.
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