Live and Learn

I am currently working at an alternative school in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, called The Living and Learning School. It is situated on the edge of the ocean, and I love to see the children playing on the beach at recess and lunch time. One day, a five year old student of mine explained to me how to hunt for baby crabs by flipping rocks, then making tiny boats for them out of shells. She asked me to hold a medium sized baby crab for her, and I got spooked and dropped it in a puddle! She looked at me for a moment and said, “It’s okay, when I was a little girl, I was scared to hold them too.” Ah, when the teacher becomes the student. I suppose I have a lot to learn about island life.