Cynthia G. Hawkins

Teaching As a Lifestyle: Accessing Love & Learning Through the Arts Cynthia G. Hawkins

Teaching as a Lifestyle is dedicated to the ?spirit? of transformation through the individual gifts that we possess. It gives an overview of the author?s educational journey here in America: hoping that the reader will relate to the fact that it takes time for growth and development to occur. Belief systems, institutions, people, families, or ?words? often attempt to stifle or crush the ?spirit? that lies within. Yet, there are students, teachers and others who care about the possibilities that life has to offer through the classroom. Thus, ignoring or defying the attempts to put out the ?fire? of life that lies within. The author sees the classroom as a laboratory for exploring, discovering, sharing and creating for the benefit of humanity. The arts defined as creative writing, dance, music, theater, poetry, and the visual arts; not necessarily requiring one to be professionally trained. It is the opportunity to use the medium of the arts to express oneself that has brought ?magic? to the classroom.