After All, Did History End?
Why do we do it? I mean, we keep on doing it. Is it for pleasure? Is it for safety, for fun? Why? We keep repeating ourselves over and over. We like it, I think. There's the expectation, the relief. Job done. That's it. Routine can be a realm of comfort. Is it the same as the trendy term 'comfort zone'? Maybe. Truth is, some jobs seem to have an appeal for it, while some people hate everything about it. I've been a teacher for over fifteen years, and teaching seems to be one of those jobs quite attached to everything about routine. We keep repeating to ourselves teaching should be creative, innovative, fostering students' self-awareness, students' independent thinking, and so on. But, are we acheiving these goals? I'm not in a mood for preaching anything right now. This is just a reflection, just trying to ask some questions, maybe they trigger the same curiosity in the reader as they are on me. Just think about it. We wake up every day, and what's