‘Theatre made me feel like I had a place, purpose, and a future. Theatre gave me the confidence I needed to believe in myself even when I did not.’ If you allow me to elaborate on my above quoted statement. I was diagnosed with a learning disability at age six. This disability did not come with a name or title like some. I was left thinking to myself ‘What is going on? I am dumb. I am stupid. Why am I so slow?’ I had lots of trouble keeping up in my reading and math classes. I remember friends of mine reading complete Dr Seuss books, while I was still trying to formulate how to read sentences. This was a very difficult time for me as a child. My teachers and I could not figure out what would help me. I was thus thrusted into the resource room, a room for children with learning differences. While I had lovely teachers, and I made lots of friends, I was sad and lonely on the inside. I wanted to learn like a ‘normal’ kid. I’d stare out the window of the classroom thinking “the only ...
Hello everyone! In today's MA discussion, our discussion was "Knowledge, Information, and Learning." I think this discussion was very enlightening and gave me some nice insight into the thoughts and ideas of my classmates. Some notes I jotted down that stuck out to me during our session was: "Learning isn't static" "Words and how you say them are important" "Embodiment" "Transactional Learning" "Don't Assume!" "All bodies are not capable of doing the same things" "(un)prepare" "Listening Space" "Learning and growing is putting yourself in uncomfortable situations" "You have to teach what is in front of you" "Information has to be meaningful" These are all quotes or ideas that really struck a chord with me today. The statements in bold are the things that really made me think. On Friday I joined a zoom meeting with the creators of "Danscend." T...