Tania, thanks for the beautiful comment. And btw the part you suggested be converted to some artistic form to preserve it? That was my favorite part of the post, and maybe I’ll do that for my daughter 🙂 to remind her of some of what is special about her. Thank you. And I am so sorry your son went through that. I actually did have a mostly good education with many great teachers. I always fear how backlash about formal schooling can seem like a criticism of teachers, when it is mostly a criticism of a system that teachers often struggle within and some are able to do empowering things of Freirian proportions, others try…