[Oe List ...] Ruth Carter -- Iron Woman

[Paula Philbrook]

I would say that the Imaginal Education was developed about the same
historical time as the Fifth City Preschool curriculum. The intention of
the curriculum was to be a grounding example of imaginal education.
So the 4 parts of the preschool curriculum were

Basic

Relational

Psychological ?

Imaginal

Lela, Sarah, Kaze, . . .   and all the others:

maybe I do not have level 2 and 3 correct?


Paula

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:43 AM, the telfords <thetelfords at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues
> Although I never actually met Ruth, her name and her contribution to our
> common mission is lodged in my memory.
>
> Now, a question - was the curriculum which was developed in 5th City the
> foundation for what later became known as Imaginal Education?
>
> This coming weekend the Blue Mountains East Timor Friendship Committee,
> which Elaine & I are members of, are hosting a visit by Dulce Soares, the
> East Timor government's Vice-Minister for Pre-School and Basic (primary)
> Education - the ET Government has recently launched a new Pre-School
> initiative to establish pre-schools widely across the nation and I
> understand they are at the stage of putting together a curriculum.
>
> I was meeting with a couple of members of our organising team this morning
> and we were discussing what would be an appropriate gift to give to the
> Vice-Minister, and having just read about Ruth and the 5th City curriculum
> before I went to the meeting, I said I could possibly come up with a gift
> related to that.
>
> Is there something I could download which at least would give her an
> introduction to our approach to early learning/development?
>
> Any suggestions you can make in the next 24 hours will be most welcome.
>
> Grace & Peace
> John
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Isobel A Bishop <
> isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Dear Lela,
>> Thank you for this tribute to Ruth.
>> I remember her very well at S '68, when a bunch of Aussie children came
>> over.
>> I did not know here well either, and yet was very impressed with her
>> style of ease and  competence.
>>
>> We appreciate what you all  have written..
>> In peace,
>> Isobel Bishop
>>
>> On 31/07/2013, at 11:48 AM, Ken Fisher <hkf232 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Likewise, Ken
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2013-07-30, at 4:19 PM, Charles Hahn wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Lela!  What a tribute!!!  I knew Ruth, but not that well.  Your
>> > comments really hold her up for the world to see.  Thanks,
>> > Charles
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Lela Jahn <lelajahn at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Ruth and I were tied at the hip for the 3 years in the late 60's when
>> I was
>> >> the director of the 5th City Preschool and she was my right and left
>> hand.
>> >> She and I climbed many mountains together -- attending a national
>> preschool
>> >> workshop because the curriculum received a National 1st place award
>> from the
>> >> Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), receiving teaching machines from
>> IBM
>> >> for the 4 year olds which got our picture in the newspaper because of
>> the
>> >> audacity of believing machines could teach, making really cool
>> uniforms for
>> >> all the teachers, designing the new preschool building on 5th Avenue
>> with
>> >> Sheldon Hill ---  the list goes on and on. Yet there were also many
>> valleys
>> >> where Ruth never flinched, never complained. She stood firm in her
>> belief
>> >> that the 5th City Preschool was a demonstration to the world of the
>> >> importance of  providing all children from 4 months on up with a
>> positive
>> >> self-image.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In turn, Ruth Carter, became my mentor, my symbol,  of the Iron Woman
>> >> standing in the desert with arms out stretched knowing that the desert
>> could
>> >> become the promised land. And it did because she lived --- and still
>> does in
>> >> the lives of all she touched.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lela Jahn
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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-- 
Paula

*Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough,
and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to
clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger
into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow*.
*Melody* Beattie
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