What separated the Ant from the Grasshopper was the Ant’s refusal to live in the now. Its animalistic nature to survive compelled the Ant to work diligently to store a supply of nourishment for the winter season again. On the other hand, the Grasshopper enjoyed feeling “alive” (Conklin, 2010, p. 60) and conducted himself in a recreational manner, though he witnessed the Ant’s effort to labor for its future. “Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present” (Martin, n.d.). Therefore, when the winter season arrived, the Grasshopper was unprepared and hungry, while the Ant was full and content. At that moment, the Grasshopper knew, “It is best to prepare for the days of necessity” (Martin, n.d.). That is the storyline of one of Aesop’s Fables, The Ant and the Grasshopper (Martin, n.d.).
As a future educator, whose reasoning do I support? Unquestionably, the Ant is the successful creature that mastered survival skills. The Ant is the practical creature that understood the changing of …show more content…
As she gives information of the importance of educators living in the present with their students, the present is stacked to the point where there is no balance—a happy medium— between the present and reality of the future. Yes, “only the present is real and available to us,” (Conklin, 2010, p. 61) but the future is inevitable and fate based. The future is an accumulation of what happens in the present. Between present and future, the latter is progressive; therefore, it is reasonable to perceive both of them concurrently. By using Hanh’s argument for “mindfulness” (Conklin, 2010, p. 62) in the present, Hanh does not connect the fact that people multi-task to maximize their allotted hours in a day. As he explained the actions of walking and eating, Hanh paints the picture that people are only able to focus on one action, with the absence of any other possible actions (Conklin, 2010, p.
As a future educator, whose reasoning do I support? Unquestionably, the Ant is the successful creature that mastered survival skills. The Ant is the practical creature that understood the changing of …show more content…
As she gives information of the importance of educators living in the present with their students, the present is stacked to the point where there is no balance—a happy medium— between the present and reality of the future. Yes, “only the present is real and available to us,” (Conklin, 2010, p. 61) but the future is inevitable and fate based. The future is an accumulation of what happens in the present. Between present and future, the latter is progressive; therefore, it is reasonable to perceive both of them concurrently. By using Hanh’s argument for “mindfulness” (Conklin, 2010, p. 62) in the present, Hanh does not connect the fact that people multi-task to maximize their allotted hours in a day. As he explained the actions of walking and eating, Hanh paints the picture that people are only able to focus on one action, with the absence of any other possible actions (Conklin, 2010, p.