As an education junkie, embracing or I should say accepting the reality of bardo, I am constantly trying to learn and believe that learning is what keeps us growing and alive. I will use this space to talk about my learning adventures in life--be it as a graduate student, as a parent, as a reader or writer, be it as a gardener, an owner of an old farmhouse, community member or any of the other many roles I, or any of us, take on in our lifelong journey as learners.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Confessions of an education junkie
"Confessions of an Education Junkie" is really the subtitle of my blog title (and when I can figure out how to change the title, it might even become the new title). For now I've chosen "In Bardo" as my title because it's a concept that speaks to what I think is an important, overlooked component to education. Described by the Buddhist Pema Chodron as "an intermediate state....the period between death and the next rebirth" or "the in-between,"
I also think of it as that period of cognitive dissonance, when what we once felt to be true is in question and we need to experience that uncertainty to get to the next perspective, when we adjust our thinking, we pause and reflect and adapt. I think this happens whether we're learning how to create a blog, how to parent through every changing stage of developing children, how to become fluent in multiplication tables, or how to sail when the wind suddenly comes from an unexpected direction.
As an education junkie, embracing or I should say accepting the reality of bardo, I am constantly trying to learn and believe that learning is what keeps us growing and alive. I will use this space to talk about my learning adventures in life--be it as a graduate student, as a parent, as a reader or writer, be it as a gardener, an owner of an old farmhouse, community member or any of the other many roles I, or any of us, take on in our lifelong journey as learners.
As an education junkie, embracing or I should say accepting the reality of bardo, I am constantly trying to learn and believe that learning is what keeps us growing and alive. I will use this space to talk about my learning adventures in life--be it as a graduate student, as a parent, as a reader or writer, be it as a gardener, an owner of an old farmhouse, community member or any of the other many roles I, or any of us, take on in our lifelong journey as learners.
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Thanks for sharing this concept and term. Cognitive dissonance or being in bardo (I hope I'm using that correctly) is most assuredly a fact of life for digital immigrants (and immigrants of all kinds?) in attempting to integrate with new surroundings.
ReplyDeleteI like your post about being an education junkie! I too fall into this category. I love to learn, however as I am going through the learning process I sometimes wonder what I have gotten myself into. But in the end it always works out well and I am so glad that I experienced learning from the other end of the spectrum, as a learner rather than a teacher.
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