Hi all
Back home and thinking how extraordinary LCT5 was for me - a proper
'out-of-this-world' (literally!) experience like no other.
With this, a massive thank you to Lee, Dale, the entire Wits Hub team, Karl,
and everyone else who made this conference possible and simply delicious (the
break time cakes and lunchtime meals were the next level, and so was the music
that welcomed us on day 1). Massive thanks to all colleagues who attended and
shared their knowledge (and/or a glass of wine or a magic trick 😉) with me, and
to wonderful hotel and shuttle staff who made me feel super welcome in
Johannesburg. Perhaps I did not see much of the country as LCT kept us
sufficiently busy, but I met its amazing people, and, frankly, can't wait to
see you and the LCT community again and see what ideas and projects have come
to fruition as a result of this conference 🙂.
Hope the Johannesburg team can now take the time to 'recover' :)
BW
Jo
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Subject: [LCT] Re: LCT 5 - Thanks to Lee, Karl and Community
This could not have been said better!.
I have been floating in and out of LCT and need þo "catch up" - but this
conference was a masterpiece!
Kind regards,
Rita K
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Subject: [LCT] LCT 5 - Thanks to Lee, Karl and Community
Dear All,
I wanted to say a very public thank you to Lee, the Wits organisation team,
Karl and to everyone who was able to attend LCT 5. It was a wonderful week. I
learned so much, rekindled old acquaintances, forged new ones, got some much
needed validation (and legitimation) for the work I’m doing at the moment and
came away with enough inspiration and intellectual glow to carry me through the
drudgery of the everyday to LCT 6!
The conference was a masterclass in seemless organisation. The student team
were a dream, always on hand to help. Nothing was a hassle. Everything was done
with a smile. We barely noticed how smooth it all was and so were able to focus
on the sessions and on the conversations and catch-ups at break times and
lunch. A huge thanks to Lee. I still cannot quite believe, Lee, that you
managed all the organisation AND gave several fabulous talks AND (I heard)
helped ready Wits student presentations for the conference. Your energy and
drive are boundless - and so many many people benefit. The impact of your
LCT-infused teacher education work across South Africa and the extent of your
generosity for the development and flourishing of students and fellow
colleagues is truly an inspiration - a model for us all. Hearing from your
graduated students at the end of the week, listening to them speak LCT with
great fluency, passion and educational understanding was one of the top
highlights of the conference.
Thanks to Karl for his fabulous Power-Up sessions. We clarified concepts, got
some new ones, gained deeper insights into the architecture and ways of
thinking in LCT, and were reminded of how much exciting untapped potential
still remains to be explored. Karl, your endless energy for community building,
intellectual inspiration and individual confidence boosting are also what sits
at the heart of the success of LCT 5 and all that leads into and out of it. I
certainly would not have been there, had it not been for your words of
encouragement and generous time. Your elite code endeavours, fostering the most
stimulating and impactful of epistemic relations, while also building and
sustaining the richest of social relations are what inspires so many of us to
do what we do.
And finally, thanks to all participants with whom I had so many amazing
conversations. In something of the Ubuntu tradition, I feel like I am…because
you are. I am largely alone and unsupported in my LCT endeavours at home. EAP
remains a fractured field and I regularly struggle to see the meaning in what I
do. Reconnecting with LCT friends and colleagues with similar mindsets, the
same thirst for knowledge and the same drive to make things better through
principled practice are truly what keeps me going. Attending LCT 5 felt like a
luxury I could’t afford but I have come away remembering that this was me
putting my own oxygen mask on. I feel like I’m ready to face 2024 again!
Thank you all,
Steve
