Sydney J. Harris in an extract from What True Education Should Do reminded me of how equal people are. His idea that one might have a great amount of knowledge deep inside without being aware of it sounds very comforting, especially if we look at some teachers today who take it for granted that some students will never get to be what they aspire to be regarding of their results and/or behavior.
We may compare this to a baby who comes into the world in a swimming pool. All babies can swim and yet they lose it as they grow older. The role of a swimming teacher is then to bring out by all means the instinctive capacity of a child or an adult to do it all over again.
Therefore, if teaching as stated on line 6 is really: « the drawing out of what is in the mind. » it requires the teacher a certain humility as well as a genuine faith in his students to tackle the incredible and yet very difficult task of revealing them to their own self. He or she has to convince they can do anything and create an atmosphere of trust so that they can better realize about their potential or else they will never swim.
In the end, teachers should guide and inspire to promote creation and evolution rather than force into one’s mind the knowledge they think they have.
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