Beth Kerkove

Age Cooperation

In my experience as an educator, age cooperation has been my favorite place to encourage students to reach outside of their own sphere and pull in more experiences. I have often seen an 18 year old and a 50+ year old sit down and have a meaningful discussion on literature and bring two completely opposite sides to the conversations.
It's fascinating to me that two people who might be from the same socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and the major difference between them is age can have such a vast gulf of knowledge and experience. It's really encouraging to see when they can both bring their experiences to the table and enhance each other's learning experience.