Cheryl Zhang EDUC 450, 451, 452: Exit slip (Oct 1st)----Group Discussion on Renert article

How might you connect with your students around these difficult realities of our world in ways that are healing, problem-solving, beneficial..?

I have some thoughts on above question I would like to talk a bit more about it.

I would actively connect with my students to our world from positive side in most of time. I would also like to engage students in brainstorming and discussion only about those global issues they raised. I believe that when we love something we will care about it, and we will try to protect it. Students, especially high school students, pay close attention to what happening in the world. They would love to talk with teachers about those global issues in a safe and friendly learning environment, and they have a whole bunch of questions to ask. If I could build a great relationship with students, I believe I have a lot of opportunities to discuss with them about these difficult realities of our world. But I think in my deep heart that firstly I want them to believe this world is full of beauty, and is worth them to " fight " for (to be responsible for those world's problems) in the future.

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TEDSummit - How Trees Talk to Each Other - Suzanne Simard

Here are some thoughts after watching Dr. Suzanne Simard's TED Talk on the topic of How Trees Talk to Each Other.

I do believe that plants can communicate in a way that we don't understand yet. Plants like animals are living things. Some of them can even hunt and eat food, such as Venus flytraps. So it is no surprise that someone claims that trees talk to each other by their roots. In 1968, Backster used a lie detector proving that plants can communicate telepathically. Probably, plants can communicate using multiple ways. Using multiple ways to communicate is necessary because they cannot move. For example, if a seed is brought by wind to an isolated spot and grows up as a tree there, it still should have a way to communicate with other trees.

Why is it so important to know that plants can communicate? Does it mean that plants have thoughts or intentions? I think we need to treat everything in a respectful manner, no matter it is alive or not.