Educere

Latin Roots

how many baby wrens
have started life
in this blue ceramic
house?

summer
upon
summer

verbal scolding
from mother and father feathered
delights
me

soon
hatch
will
exit

take
flight

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This morning in Meditations from the Mat by Rolf Gates I read:

The word “educator” comes from the Latin verb educere, which means to lead forth or draw out. The Latin term was used by midwives, with the meaning “to be present at the birth of.”

I could say more….
about how I’ve stumbled as an educator
filling up instead of drawing out

life
is
filled
with
opportunity
to
learn