learning from children

I realize that I tend to post a lot of videos, but they are what often inspires me as a teacher and teacher educator.  This one in particular because it is a child, a child (or mature human individual) who challenges us as adults and educators to see the full potential of children and their potential.  We as adults, our educational society and society as a whole sets low expectations for young children, leading to misdiagnoses and labelling of all types of disorders.  And yet, all children have the same potential as Adora, they just don't have the right adults to support them.  We set the bar so low, and as Adora so eloquently states, children will sink to that low expectation.  We so often talk about collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity as fundamental skills children will need, they don't need them, they exists, the problem is, in the words of Malaguzzi, we rob them of these skills.  No one has to teach a 2 or 3 year old how to be creative, it comes naturally, but we take that away from their lives.  And so I challenge us all to raise the bar, not only for children, but for ourselves.  I am currently reading Mind in the Making, but within this I am thinking about and pursuing the concept of passion and aesthetics.  These will be the topics and source of new postings as I feel they greatly connect to Adora's statement.  She had a passion for writing that is an aesthetic form of communication.  It took a nurturing environment to support and allow that passion to take root.  So consider this, what passions do children have that we can support and allow to take root? And with that, what are your passions, what brought you to teaching?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-bjOJzB7LY