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Greetings,

My name is Alice Lesnick and I serve as director of the Education Program at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges.  I am looking forward to joining you in a session next week, and meanwhile to participating in the online discussion.  

As the Summer Institute gets underway I thought to pass along thoughts from my 10-year-old daughter, June, shared spontaneously during a walk in the park yesterday.  We went to the pond to see ducklings growing there and she was wondering if they, like grown ducks,  have feathers that repel water.  This led into a discussion of science, in which June said something close to this (threaded through a dialogue):

"I don't like science and math.  I like fantasy.  Because I don't like things where there is already an answer.  I mean, I can be logical but I like to use logic in ways that relate to words. I liked science in preschool when it was about mixing chemicals together and seeing what would happen.  Now they call it "hands-on science," but that just means you get to hold a rock and look at it, then write down facts about it."

So, I write to affirm that what you are doing these three weeks is really important!  And to appreciate your doing it and being there to do it, in June's name.

Alice