Pam Rigg
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Teacher |
| Location | Wanganui, New Zealand |
| Introduction | Personal motto: no-one is free until we all are free. HOMETRUTH: The quest for a peaceful sustainable society begins at home. It begins with us. It begins in our hearts and minds before it can inform our actions. It begins with our cultivating our connectedness, compassion and sense of mutual responsibility, and teaching our children about these. When we habitually think of social justice as a matter of personal responsibility for one another, then we create the conditions for our young people to feel a sense of belonging and a desire to participate responsibly in social life. As teachers we need to be constantly learning, not only because there is always so much new research to engage with, but also for that precious understanding of the fragile subjectivity of the learner that enables the committed teacher to nurture the nascent spirited imagination of an emergent young adult. I HAVE A DREAM ..... TO FILL THEM WITH A LOVE OF LEARNING, A FEEL FOR THEIR POSSIBILITIES, RAMPANT CURIOSITY, TOOLS TO FIND, DISCRIMINATE, AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE INFORMATION, FINDING THE CONFIDENCE TO DISCOVER THEIR VOICES, THEIR IDENTITIES- AS INDIVIDUALS, AND AS CITIZENS. |
| Interests | reading, walking, movies, listening to National Radio, gardening, travelling |
| Favorite movies | Anything by Fellini, Robert Altman, all the American Independents of the 70s, Adam Sandler or Ben Stiller (from the sublime to the ridiculous) |
| Favorite music | Albinoni's Adagios, and all Dave Dobynn, Fat Freddy's Drop, reggae (Bob's the Man 4 me), Bonnie Raitt and alt country, John Hyatt. Van the Man |
| Favorite books | One Hundred Years of Solitude, The God of Small Things, A Fine Balance, A Suitable Boy |