tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059777806499506820.post5623460213729895829..comments2023-10-25T22:46:08.519-07:00Comments on Fisher Academy International ~ Teaching Home: Thoughts on Atmosphere.amy in peruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14514765606705513864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059777806499506820.post-12268353974465716162013-04-02T13:54:47.837-07:002013-04-02T13:54:47.837-07:00Love this point: "Still, too often, too much ...Love this point: "Still, too often, too much time is spent trying to make the classroom or our schedules 'just right', when what we really want is to make sure there is grace, time and enough air to breathe." Certainly neatness and order are helpful, essential really, but this brings me back to that masterly inactivity quote posted on AO's FB page today: "The next element in the attitude of masterly inactivity is good humour––frank, cordial, natural, good humour. This is quite a different thing from overmuch complacency, and a general giving-in to all the children's whims." There is discipline (the routines, the good habits of mind and body that help to run our days), and then there is atmosphere, which involves a measure of grace. And that grace, the delightfulness of home life, makes our days more smoothly in its own way. Thanks for this post! Lots to think about. I have to admit that atmosphere isn't my strength either. ;)Celeste Cruznoreply@blogger.com