So I was bummed on Friday to realize that we would not have a class name that everyone would like. I was also bummed to realize that in vocally supporting the name Pangea, I may have left some Urbtopian advocates the impression that I did not respect their reasons for supporting the name Urbtopia. If I did this, I apologize.
Now looking back on the dicsussion, I realize that the we were primarily divided on the name because we decided that the name would speak to why we joined the UACM progam and how we see our own role as teachers. We will always have our individual reasons for joining the UACM program. We (myself included) were wrong to assume that any amount of debate would change these reasons… Funny how the name “Diverse by Nature” is looking more and more like a better fit for our group name.
In the end, our “name” is of no consequence. People can call us “clowns” for all I care. What matters is that we continue to challenge our own beliefs and apply what we have learned to our teaching methods. I have no doubt that it is our diversity as a group that will allow us to strenghten our beliefs as individuals. If we all believed the same things about teaching and shared the same reasons for joining this program, then there wouldn’t be much room for growing.
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Hi Paul — I do agree the name is of no consequence, but it’s really awesome to see that even though there was a struggle in determining the name, the conflict is indicative of the passion we all share about the program. That’s something about which we can all get excited! Thanks for your comment — I’ve enjoyed reading your blogs, too.
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