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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman ...I'm so pleased they reacted the way they did. I'll turn them all into wildlife fanatics. Just you see.  |
Just the kind of teacher I wish I'd had at School. I've always believed that the first task of any teacher is to encourage the joy of learning in their pupils. If we all look back to where our enthusiasm for wildlife came from it was often little moments like that that created the first spark. Keep fanning those little flames there Julie
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Originally Posted by speckled wood I am not really sure that this is the case, too often I find that the interest at that stage of their life is transient and they go on to something different even up to their late teens and early twenties, there are simply so many distractions. What I have found is that if you can interest people in little later in life, perhaps in their mid twenties or later their interest does last longer and there commitment is greater. |
The thing is kids keep on exploring so their minds flit from on thing to another. To use another metaphor once you plant the seed it has to sit there apparantly doing nothing for a while, as you wait impatiently for signs of development. It may take years or it may be tomorrow. Maybe it will flower in their 20's but the main thing is you've planted that seed.
Its said that every experience you've had every thing you've ever even glanced at is stored clearly in you mind somewhere even if you can't readily acces it. Once its there its there for life. It might just take another encounter to bring it all to life.