Sometimes
I get so consumed by the daily grind and do not think about what is forgotten and
missing. This stretches across many fields, however for this reflection I will
confine what is forgotten and missing to sound.
Sound is something that awakens
nostalgia and incites dreaming. The sound of a huge body of water is one that I
will never grow tired of. Being in Concepción, Chile, I have had this thought
each time when visiting areas in close proximity to the Pacific Ocean. My prior experiences with the Pacific Ocean
involved only a combined two hours during family trips to San Diego, California.
In these moments what I was most taken with was the sound of the ocean.
Definitely a sound I had forgotten which I have been reminded about during my
time in Concepción, Chile.
The missing sound for me is laughter in my learning. In my two weeks at Thomas Jefferson School laughter is one sound I have
heard plenty of. I noticed this in my observations of the children racing through
the halls to classes as well as in classroom. Some sort of laughter is always part of these occurrences and I have found it immensely pleasurable.
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