This blog is used as a communication tool between Kelley Gibbs, Language Arts teacher at The Academy at Old Cockrill in Nashville, Tennessee, and the students in her classes. Comments are made to postings about class activities, literature, and life in general as it relates to class discussions.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Graduation Garden
In March, 2010, The Academy began a school garden which has come to be known as "Graduation Garden." Below, are comments from students who helped plan and create the garden.
When I first heard we were building a garden for The Academy at Old Cockrill, I thought we were just going to go play in the dirt. However, building it was life-changing and that feeling caught me off guard. Yes, we dug in the dirt, we played, we ate good food, laughed, cut wood, planted seeds and learned many things that were very interesting. But these things alone weren’t life-changing for me. You see, as we all participated, it seemed as if we were becoming a family. Everyone got along with each other and worked very hard together, and as a result, not only did we see the garden come to life and grow, but we watched ourselves grow, too.
Gandalf: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given us." --Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" --The Summer Day, Mary Oliver
"Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time." --Hebrew Proverb
"I know only one thing about the technologies that await us in the future: We will find ways to tell stories with them." --Jason Ohler, Educator and Author
When I first heard we were building a garden for The Academy at Old Cockrill, I thought we were just going to go play in the dirt. However, building it was life-changing and that feeling caught me off guard. Yes, we dug in the dirt, we played, we ate good food, laughed, cut wood, planted seeds and learned many things that were very interesting. But these things alone weren’t life-changing for me. You see, as we all participated, it seemed as if we were becoming a family. Everyone got along with each other and worked very hard together, and as a result, not only did we see the garden come to life and grow, but we watched ourselves grow, too.
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