#risk-taking

Chinonye J. Chidolue

Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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When children are involved in the process of cooking - from the procuring, to the prepping, to the preparing and then the waiting...the final part of tasting even the most unfamiliar of foods becomes just another step in their learning about themselves. This week, we embarked on what will be a regular part of our week. The children collaborated and cooperated to make a Vegetable and Lentil soup. We cooked potatoes from our farm, carrots and celery, and brown lentils in a vegetable broth. We added garlic and thyme. Most students had not heard about or seen lentils before, let alone taste lentils! It was interesting to observe who tried the soup at once, who carefully picked the familiar (carrots and potatoes) out and who tasted just the broth.  Some even asked for seconds.That they tried something new and unfamiliar is what is most important and worth celebrating! 

Steven Handel, The Emotion Machine: Psychology and Self Improvement in the 21st Century

Theodore Roosevelt 

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