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The moment of trust
Steady, Steady as she goes Climb aboard. Pedal, foot to the pedal Daddy’s got you. Whoaaaa, Wobblinggg, Wheww, got my balance. Roll, Rolling, easy does it. Fast, Faster, this is easy! Look at me! Tip, Tipping, Daddy, where are you? Steer, Handle bars steering Squeeze, Breaks are slowing Turn, Guiding and turning Pedal, Push a bit harder Pedal,, Move a bit faster Pedal,,, Gettin' it going! Dodge the bump Ford the stream Climb the hill Chart the course See you when you get home! What a shame if I had held on and you could go only as fast as your father And no farther.
Learning doesn’t happen by spectation
Text, I can read.
Image, I can see.
By video, I can follow along.
But to learn, I must take part.
No one can stand in for me
in my interaction,
my operation,
my turn at my own helm.
Learning that lasts
begins where caution ends
and trust begins.
Trust
that whoever made me
an interactive device
created this game
in a way I could win it.
We are All Learning to Walk
Walking,
it’s as natural as breathing.
Put one foot in front of the other.
Move it on out.
It wasn’t always this way.
Once, we couldn’t hold our head up,
couldn’t roll over
couldn’t sit without toppling
couldn’t rock on all fours
could not even crawl.
Imagine,
there was a time
when we were stuck in one place,
couldn’t move without help,
needed someone to pick us up
and carry us.
We went where they took us,
when they took us,
had no say in the matter,
just happy we got to go
for a ride.
But once we got creeping
and then on to crawling,
we were going places,
places on our own,
pulling our self up,
cruising along the coffee table,
going who knows where?
didn’t care.
What if you let go?
who SAID that?
What if you let go?
are you CRAZY?
What if you let go?
with both hands?!
What if you let go?
I let go
and there I stood.
Look at me!
and then, I went!
one foot, then the other…
Where am I going?
Moving on out…
Falling
getting up, and
getting up again,
rolling, rocking,
toppling, crawling,
creeping, cruising,
pulling up to
standing.
Walking,
it’s as natural as breathing.
Put one foot in front of the other.
Move it on out.
We are all learning to walk.
First we must stand.
