Meet English Teacher Lelac Almagor & Students Learning to Ride at School
Wonderful!!! A teacher starts a riding program for boys AND girls at her school in Washington, D.C.
I am often struck by how disconnected we have become from the animal kingdom and the natural world we share. Here is a teacher who is obviously swimming up-stream. I bet she is making a difference.
According to this report, by Martin Ricard for the Washington Post published on Sunday, July 26, 2009, most of the students at this school come from families of little means. That usually means horses – especially the informed schooling & training of the horse and rider – is out of reach.
This teacher has found the creative, magnetic, and magical connection that exists between kids and horses. This connection is one that fewer kids and adults ever get to experience.
This story is another example how alternative forms of learning beyond the confinement of classrooms long distorted by America’s fascination with education for economic gain actually help students relate to the ‘real’ world outside the laboratory.