Hello Chris,
I am responding to your request which came to me from my friend George Brose.
I have chosen a poem by A.A. Milne,because I am a great fan of his.My profession was in education and I believe,like many educationalists,that the first 6 years of a person's life are the most formative and the most important. If trust is not secured in this period by the child, for the family and the society into which he or she is born,then follows a lifetime of insecurity.
A.A. Milne understood this,and I am sure that he was not a proponent of "wrote learning". The following poem illustrates this.
THE FRIEND.
There are lots and lots of people who are always asking things,
Like Dates and Pounds-and-ounces and the names of funny Kings,
And the answer's either Sixpence or A Hundred Inches Long.
And I know they'll think me silly if I get the answer wrong.
So Pooh and I go whispering and Pooh looks very bright,
And says," Well, I say sixpence,but I don't suppose I'm right."
And then it doesn't matter what the answer ought to be,
'Cos if he's right,I'm Right,and if he's wrong,it isn't Me.
Good luck to you and your student.
With best wishes,
Judy Carter. ( George and Marie and I were teaching in the same area in Zimbabwe, in the early 80's.)
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