Children and Adolescents in Trauma by Diane Cook

Author:Diane Cook [Chris Nicholson, Michael Irwin and Kedar Nath Dwivedi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857003560
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2014-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

Stories point out the value of experiential learning

There are many things in life that can not be learned just by listening to lectures, watching television or reading books. One needs to undergo some practical training. For example, one can not learn to swim just by reading a swimming manual. There is a story of the Royal Gardener of Sravasti in India. One evening his monkey friends said to him: ‘Friend, it is because of your hard work that we monkeys have such a good life here, we have plenty of fruits to eat and trees to play on. But you never take rest and enjoy yourself. Tonight there is a beautiful play in the city and you should go and watch it. We shall do whatever needs to be done.’ The gardener said, ‘No, there is too much work to be done,’ but the monkeys insisted. So the gardener said all right. ‘This evening there are a lot of new plants that need to be watered. But you have to be careful because the plants with small roots need less water and those with big roots need more water.’ The monkeys said: ‘You need not worry; we shall do exactly what you have told.’

So the gardener went to watch the show and when he came back at four o’clock the next morning he found that the monkeys were waiting for him. They declared that they had done exactly what he had asked them to do. But the gardener found that all the plants had been uprooted because the monkeys needed to find the length of the roots to determine how much water to give! This is because they had no experiential training.

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