I really should start celebrating a learner appreciation week

I have long insisted that we should all strive to evolve as individuals. For various reasons, I have not been following my own advice. This includes problems that I have with the response to change. As one of my many self-evaluations, I have decided to look into what kinds of changes I really should make in my life. Unfortunately, obstacles will likely be too much for me to overcome.

If you can read this, thank your teacher. Ugh. Obviously, I don't embrace this outright defiance of common sense. I usually focus on how this would only make sense if literacy were impossible without the teaching profession. This time, I want to focus on how we undermine the role of the learner in the educational process.

I have discussed this topic before. There are two primary ways to look at how teaching and learning relate. One is to view teaching and learning as equal concepts, which requires acceptance of learners teaching themselves. The other is to view teaching as an external influence, which is definitively less important than the learning process. Either way, learning is more important than the role of the teaching profession.

This isn't just about one cliché that defies common sense. Teachers frequently undermine the role of the learner by demanding credit for the work of learners, which damages the natural desire to learn. This is especially obvious during Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers demand appreciation for the learning of their students. We have nothing along these lines to appreciate the learning.

Without learning, education would not exist. You can't say the same for the teaching profession (despite their outrageous claims). I am open that I care far more about the learners. I have even started periodically countering teacher appreciation with comments about learner appreciation.

There's a big problem with my approach so far. I shouldn't have to wait for teachers to undermine the value of learning. That's why I would like to appreciate the learning process more actively.

There are multiple ways that I could show my appreciation. One option would be to celebrate a Learner Appreciation Week. There's no such thing right now, so I have the flexibility to select a week of my choice. I have been thinking of the first week in June. Of course, that's irrelevant unless I start celebrating the most important part of education, the learning.