I started my Love Class as a result of the suicide of one of my most talented students. She showed no sign of her despair. Then one day she took her life. I had to ask, 'What's the good of all our learning, knowing how to read and write and spell if no one ever teaches us the value of life, of our uniqueness, and personal dignity?' So I started my Love Class. I taught it free of salary and tuition just so students could have a forum to consider the truly essential things. I really didn't 'teach' the class. I facilitated it - helping the students to discover their own magic.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love Class began to teach life value after a student's suicide revealed gaps in education.
- In plain terms
- A student's death led to a class focused on life's value and dignity.
- What can you take from it?
- Teach life values alongside academics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What should education teach?
- How do you value life?
Another view
Formal education systems often resist such changes.
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