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So welcome to another
episode of Blooming Curious.

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Now, many of the guests that I've had
on Blooming Curious are educators who

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have been in education a long time.

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These are people like Claire
Warden and Jessica Vance and

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Tanya Gilchrist, April Zajko

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and most recently, like last
week, we had Sally Haughey.

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These are people who have been
around the block a few times.

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It's not their first rodeo.

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And more importantly like me,
they have seen firsthand the

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decline of curiosity in children.

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And last week, Sally reiterated what I've
been saying for the longest time, and

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that is that curiosity is the foundation

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of learning and without curiosity,
learning, creativity, problem

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solving, questioning and
critical thinking cannot happen.

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And she also said something else that
I've been thinking of and sort of

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saying, but possibly not loud enough,
and not to the point that she said it,

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and that is that many educators, who of
course, as we know, are the model for

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children, have taken the easy route,
and it's easy just to follow script.

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It's easy not to have to deal with a
little bit of chaos that is inevitable

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when you start implementing inquiry-based
learning into your practice for example.

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it's  easier to give children a worksheet
to complete at their desks instead of

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having them exploring and working on
projects that take time to set up and

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time to be present for the children
as they learn new skills associated

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with inquiry or problem solving.

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If we are to call a spade a spade.

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That means really that
it's easier to be lazy.

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And how can we expect children to love
learning and to be enthusiastic about

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learning when the adults in the room
have already checked themselves out?

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And as Sally said, it takes something
to be a fully present educator.

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So today that's what I
want to leave you with.

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An invitation to reflect on what
you really value as an educator,

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whether you are in the classroom
or you're in your own home.

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Because if you are here in education,
in whatever setting, it is to make a

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difference in the lives of children.

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And if you spend your day
reading from a script,

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or having children constantly on
devices and filling out worksheets,

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then perhaps now is a good time
for a little deep reflection.

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And also, I want to just say, that
this is not coming from a place of

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criticism, because I know that as
educators, we are just products of

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the training that we receive and
the demands from our administrators.

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But there comes a time when
you have to draw a line in the

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sand, take a stand and be brave.

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You have to stand up for
what you truly believe.

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And if you believe that children are
innately curious beings that deserve

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better, that deserve a chance to be
what they were intended for, to be

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curious and inventive and creative,
then I invite you to make the change

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and be what you were truly meant

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to be called to do... to teach
children how to think, and that's

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what I'm leaving you with today.

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So thank you for being here.

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Thank you for your support.

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This podcast is only here because
you show up and you listen.

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So thank you for that.

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And if you really find any value
in anything that I have to say,

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then I would love you to click
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'cause that's the only
way this podcast can grow.

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So until next week, just
stay blooming curious.