Wandering educators get off the ship
The next stop on the Life is a Verb Blog Tour ’08 is with Jessie Voigts at WanderingEducators— a global community of educators sharing travel experiences. While there, you can experience a dance in Israel or learn from the littlest travelers.
In her essay about LIAV and her interview with me, Jessie looks to the lessons in the book about navigating across difference. I think you’ll find her questions as interesting (or more so) than my answers. As she introduces the interview questions, here’s what Jessie had to say:
"Her essays touch the deepest parts of ourselves – saying yes, being generous, speaking up, loving more, trustng yourself, and slowing down. Indeed, this book is nothing short of a treatise for all of us – for peace, intercultural learning, and noticing the small things in life that mean so much. While I was reading the book, I noticed myself changing. Instead of watching the Olympics closing ceremony, I watched my daughter dance – and we both were better for it. That sort of intentionality is something that I’ve taken away from reading this book, and have striven to integrate into my own life. It isn’t seamless, but it Is Making a Difference.
Why here on Wandering Educators? Well, besides the fact that Patti teaches diversity and intercultural learning, I think that especially as global learners and travelers, we all need to be mindful of who and what we are – whether here or abroad. When I think of my experiences overseas in vastly different cultures, I see instances where I could have been more interculturally mindful – haven’t we all? The more that we can inhabit our own stories, as Patti says, the more that we can truly be in the moment, experiencing life in all its diversity."
My thanks to Jessie for including LIAV on WanderingEducators–and for her very kind words.
[Photo of Life is a Verb with Jessie’s 6-year-old daughter’s prized Pokemon card!]
