> [!summary] Progressive Summary https://archive.org/details/peaceablerevolut0000cadd/page/n7/mode/2up # Structured Notes ## Definitions ## Chapter Summaries ### Chapter 1 - Sink and Swim > I didn't see the benefit in the separation teachers make from their students by seeing the student as a diagnosis to be dealt with or object to be molded. > That's the secret: to have doubt. Faith is an unquestioning belief that needs no evidence of proof. In my world, in every job I've chosen working with children, including starting my own school, everyone expects evidence of proof that what you do will work. In every step I've taken in life, particularly my work in education, I've done so with a questioning belief – not sure that what I do next will work. I forget who said it first but truly, we may be able to question the power of faith, but it is harder – I think impossible –to question the power with which we doubt our faith. So, when doubt rises, I sink. I let it capsize me completely. Letting go, something much more powerful than my own self-wiill takes over and doubt't becomes the trust that I can actually swim. Being honest enough with myself that I can have doubt in what I am undertaking or what I am trying actually ignites a confidence to attempt swimming – to try new things with my students. Life is a vast ocean of doubt out there, and luckily, I love to swim. ^055c61 > I discovered that to observe a child is not to assess a child, but to bear witness to their unfolding process so I can offer careful attention to what I see or hear them do. I discovered that to be with another human being, especially the beings I would label my students, in a non-judgemental state offered an authentic connection that builds trust. It validates their reality and invites them into the process of learning. ### Mindful Heart, Heart-full Mind ### The Three R's Initially, restorative circles went well. Then kids started using Circles as threats: "I'm gonna call a Circle on you!" After hearing what was happening, Rosenberg asked, "Who do you have facilitating these circles?" When told that the teachers are the facilitators, he said, "You still have an authority figure." The moment they trained the students to be facilitators as well, the problem disappeared. Training everyone to be facilitators releases any one person from having authority, and the threat loses its power. # Quotes > True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring. > – Martin Luther King