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I Got It!

This poem reexamines the meaning and danger of “understanding.” It exposes the arrogance of believing we already understand children, education, society, and even ourselves—and the distance such assumptions create. At the same time, it reveals that genuine understanding emerges from the effort to understand. From the perspective of “growing together” (co-education), the poem invites a deeper reflection on how true human understanding is formed.

 

“I Got It!”

 

Do we really understand children?

Do we really understand teaching?

Do we really understand learning?

Do we really understand the world?

The truth is—we don’t even understand ourselves.

 

We only think we understand children.

We only think we understand teaching.

We only think we understand learning.

We only think we understand the world.

The truth is—we don’t even understand ourselves.

 

The more we think we understand, the more children’s hearts drift away.

The more we think we understand, the more education becomes careless.

The more we think we understand, the more we take society lightly.

In the end, we remain nothing more than our assumed understanding.

 

Are we truly trying to understand children?

Are we truly trying to understand teaching?

Are we truly trying to understand learning?

Are we truly trying to understand the world?

The truth is—we don’t yet understand ourselves.

 

The more we try to understand, the more we begin to understand children.

The more we try to understand, the more we begin to understand teaching.

The more we try to understand, the more we begin to understand learning.

The more we try to understand, the more we begin to understand the world.

The more we try to understand, the more we begin to understand ourselves.

 

To understand children is to understand them together.

To understand teaching and learning is to understand children.

To understand the world is to share dreams with children.

To understand oneself is, perhaps, to come to understand growing together.

 

 

 

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