Reading and Writing as a student

It is always interesting to read new authors and to try and understand a fresh perspective on human development and social problems. There just seems to be SO much. At every turn of a page there are multiple references to articles, books reports and compilations. The internet makes it so accessible and easy to get hold of and then comes the sifting through what is important and relevant and trying to understand my own stamina for reading for hours at a time. As I once said to a Grade 12 student - "stick to the curriculum!" That has become an important reminder for me too - I want to get to grips with the primary texts of Carl Rogers and Paulo Freire, but there just doesn't seem to be the time to be able to currently read all these great authors. But at least I am able to read those that are passionate about their work such as Janet Tolan and Prof. Schenck.

The writing after such reading is difficult, given the myriad of ideas and concepts that are presented so lucidly. I have to accept that these are ways of understanding the world and the people that live in it and that this theory serves as a guide in the way that I am being taught to be a helper.