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The View from a 13 Year Old – a Living, Breathing Learning Machine

By Madelyn Blair | Published January 10, 2011

Sean Deakins is an 8th Grader in the Aurora Waldorf School in Anchorage, Alaska. I wondered how a young man sees his own learning. At 13, his experience is filled with intense learning. McLuhan said, “We don’t know who discovered water, but we know it wasn’t the fish.” I was curious to see if, like a fish, Sean was unable to see the ‘water’ he was swimming in.…

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