Writing to Truth in a Teaching Life Charles Martin
MOURNING TO JOY: WRITING TO TRUTH IN A TEACHING LIFE CHARLES MARTIN LEGRANDE EASTLY B.A., University of Alberta, 1970 PD/AD, University of Alberta, 1971 B.G.S., Athabasca University, 1984 Dip.Ed., University of Calgary, 1991 Dip.C.S., Regent College, 1993 A One-Credit Project Submitted to the Faculty of Education of the University of Lethbridge in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF EDUCATION LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA July, 1999 Abstract This project is about diversity. It shows diversity by telling stories. The stories are those of teachers and students, woven together into a single narrative to give some expression to the diversity, variety, and richness that exists in most teaching envirorunents, inside and outside of schools, in teachers and in students. The stories are woven together to illustrate a central theme, a teacher and his students working to come to terms with themselves, with their uniqueness and with each other. It is about moving from fear to acceptance, from ignorance to imderstanding, from hiding to tmth, from mourning about who and what we are to accepting ourselves with joy. It is about finding the integrity to be, the integrity to let be, and the integrity to teach. Topics addressed or illustrated in these stories include addiction, suicide, physical and emotional abuse, sexual orientation, narrative writing (therapy), poetry therapy, joumal writing, healing and faith. The themes and stories presented through narrative are further Ulustrated and strengthened by quotations, poems and joumal entries. m Dedication To Cynthia, for getting me started. To Leah, for getting me through.
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