Trumpeter (1997)

ISSN: 0832-6193

Intro to Education

Brian Johnson
Trumpeter

BRIAN JOHNSON was a student on AEI's Fall Newfoundland/Mid-Atlantic bus. Here he struggles with understanding the meaning and value of expedition education.

The other day I watched my teacher's kite soaring high above a grassy meadow next to the sea And I said to myself, "This is education?" The other day I hurled snowballs at my classmates as we scrambled over a rocky mountain top And I said to myself, "This is education?" The other day I had my first taste of partridgeberry pie late at night in a small harbor town And I said to myself, "This is education?" The other day I watched the Earth wrap the moon in a milky shroud And I said to myself, "This is education?" And now, I remember how I used to learn In crowded lecture halls with untouchable teachers And I say to myself, "This is education."