taurusingemini posted: " The death, of that, whole "hoard" of, silkworms, and the teacher killed them! A lesson, taught by nature, to this, science teacher of the elementary school years, translated… Growing up, there were the dogs we kept, as guards of home, they ate, "
The death, of that, whole "hoard" of, silkworms, and the teacher killed them! A lesson, taught by nature, to this, science teacher of the elementary school years, translated…
Growing up, there were the dogs we kept, as guards of home, they ate, what we all ate, nothing special.
Back in the early 2000s, I'd started working as a science teacher in the elementary school years, the publishers of textbooks put out the silkworms for the children to raise, and mixed that into the lessons in science. The children then became, nannies, raised their silkworms by the book, finished the lessons. On the Memorial Day long weekends, leaving the silkworms in school, a few days of not having anyone to watch them, they may die; thought about giving the silkworms to my students, and, naturally, that would, give their parents, the troubles, I'd thought, that I was a science teacher, and I needed to experience what it's like personally, to keep and raise the silkworms, and besides, I was, curious, how is keeping silkworms, different than keeping cats and dogs.
we use to go to the school shop, and pick a box up for $10N.T.s, and keep it for our science lessons...photo from online
And so, I'd, taken the whole bunch home with me, and, I'd, taken the advantage, of going to the graves to make the offerings, to pluck some mulberry leaves for the silkworms. But, they'd, all died, and I'd become, a total, executioner.
I'd looked deeper, into the cause of their deaths, and found, that the leaves only, looked like the mulberry leaves, that they weren't, actually, and, I'd, thought, that the silkworms could eat it, and not have any troubles. I'd returned back to class, emptyhanded. The students inquired, "where are the silkworms?" I'd, confessed to them, shamefully, "They all, went to, heaven", the students started mourning, and I'd, used the opportunity to teach them, to discuss with them, the fragility of life, along with how to adjust our selves, to traumas.
The lesson of the "silkworm incident" taught me one thing, and, afterwards, I'd not, relaxed, one bit, as a, school teacher.
So, this, is the hard-learned lessons, taught by a creature of nature to you, as a, science instructor, and you'd, learned THAT lesson well too, so, you won't, have to, face the, collective deaths of, the "science project" of the entire class…
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