“Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.” IfsThinkingChildrenMightTeacherTeachingAdultsCuriosityBoldnessRespectfulImmaturePlayfulness Book:Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre Source: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
“Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children. Many 'well-adjusted' adults are bitter, uncreative, frightened, unimaginative, and rather hostile people. Instead of assuming they were born that way, or that that's what being an adult entails, we might consider them as people damaged by their education and upbringing.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWellsChildrenMightBornTeacherTeachingAdultsAssumingBitterFrightenedHostileRespectfulUpbringingImmature Author:Keith Johnstone
“Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.” ThinkingBelieveMightImaginationPerceptionEffortless Book:Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre Source: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre