Cor Sapiens Quaerit Doctrinam
I made it via my High School reunion last weekend, and really, it turned into pretty enjoyable. The highlight had to were certainly one of my classmates monitoring down and welcoming to our reunion the notable woman who taught us Sophomore English. During the faculty 12 months that spanned from 1980 to 1981, I became fortunate to land within the capable fingers of Sister Rita. In the 28 years considering that yr, I have credited Sister Rita with awakening in me a love of literature and a lifelong want to see my call in print. Sister Rita had the rare expertise of making a room full of 14-and 15-12 months-olds pay attention and locate English interesting and even exciting.
I've been wracking my brain and trying to remember what we read and wrote about that year and I have a vague memory of writing a paper about humor, so we had to have been reading Twain. I remember too, writing the first poetry I'd ever written but I'm not quite sure what I wrote about. Despite the gaps in what I remember, what I can recall as clearly as this morning was Sister Rita's constant encouragement. Her teaching philosophy seemed to be that so long as we threw ourselves into something completely, whatever resulted was perfect. If I read and understood a passage or a short story, any opinion I ventured was valid. It was my first taste of academic freedom and it was the first time I experienced the joy of learning something for no reason other than the reward of knowing. And the 14-year-old version of me who sat in that classroom couldn't get enough of it.
Thanks to Carol's first-rate detective work, I become in the end capable to tell the fantastic Sister Rita how big and lasting an impact she made on me. It felt like a circle'd been finished after 28-bizarre years.
The name of this entry is the motto of my Alma Mater and it method "A sensible heart seeks expertise," if your Latin's a touch rusty. Those phrases had been hole to me after I become a teen, however within the years due to the fact I've come to appreciate what they certainly imply. Wisdom; like happiness, self belief, pride, tranquility and another nation of being you could name, come from interior and work outward. Wisdom seeks understanding, understanding does not motive awareness. That's rarely news but I'm satisfied I figured that one out, despite the fact that it took some time. So thanks Sister Rita and thank you oh Alma Mater pricey. You set me on a course I wouldn't trade for some thing.
