I think that there are pros and cons to the grid as a teacher candidate. Using grids can hopefully help with organization of the classroom as well as the structure of it. Having that organization can help students to feel more like there is a direction they are being led towards which can make students more comfortable. Having the structure can hopefully make them feel like if they are struggling with a concept or question there will be support and a process of doing things. On the other hand, I am worried that having this structure can make students feel restricted or that they do not have any creative liberty when that is not the case. Students are also kept in a school all day and may start to resent the grid structure.
The picture of the gridded flax plants and then the following picture of the grids falling apart really struck me. People always attempt to make things in grids, and newer generations will be tempted to go away from this. Sticking with the same plan does not work for everyone, so there must be allowance for bending or changing if needed.
"Considering multisensory awareness creates a problematic for a binary way of working in outdoor education." I feel like this stuck to me as you never know whether students will be too overstimulated when outdoors. I do however think that just staying inside because of this worry is staying within what is 'safe' rather than testing other things.
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