A glass of cabernet and the capacity matrix (click bait?)

"In wine there is truth" says someone that I don't recall. I should Google that. As I'm thinking of the capacity matrix, I know we all have the capacity to know more. That is much more critical to what is currently known. I've have always believed that my job as a parent and as a future educator is to give my students the capacity and the drive to want to make learning and understanding a lifelong endeavor. I think part of what our students need to learn is how to understand the opinions of others even if they are the opposite of what they think. Part of being a good citizen of the world, let alone the US, we need to be able to have dialogues with other humans that have different opinions and life experiences without being hostile. We all have common ground, yet as a society, it feels like we're moving further and further apart from one another and focusing so much on the things that divide us. When we're making decisions, whether personal or political, it's should all be looked at as a learning process...opening our minds to new information that will help us make a better decision than we did the day before. I want to be part of a class of teachers that fosters understanding, nurtures connection with other people and ideas, and to help my students to keep their hearts and their minds open. To me this is a core skill that so many adults lack. We need to love our students, meet them where they are at, and teach them to do the same. Anyone can learn grammar and mathematics if they try, it's much harder as people get older to learn how to be a kind person with an open mind. If we can guide our students to that then the academics will be much easier.