Years and years ago, when I started homeschooling my three younger children, my favorite Kindergarten teacher gave me a photocopy of a fable titled ”The Animal School,” the original of the photocopy having been written in a fine calligraphic hand. The teacher, Flo, retired from teaching a few years later, so she was no neophyte to the teaching business.
Years ago, when I put together the Schools page on my website, I went looking for a version of fable and found one online.
- The Animal School   Â
The Administration of the School Curriculum With Reference to Individual Differences
By Dr. G.H. Reavis Assistant Superintendent Cincinnati Public Schools
Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world.” So they organized a school.
They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects. …
This fine fable inspired an update which is hosted at the Raising Small Souls website. The updated version, a video, is also called “Animal School.” It has a haunting melody as a soundtrack, which adds to the poignancy of the little story.
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Were you an eagle, a squirrel, a zebra or a bee?Â
Or maybe a duck — calm on the surface but paddling like the dickens underneath?
Valerie said on July 11, 2006
I clicked “publish” too soon. Hat tip to Terri for the link.
Valerie said on July 11, 2006
And, coincidentally, Daryl blogged a letter to the editor in a similar vein:
http://cobranchi.com/?p=6677