Young Teacher

What does a 4-year old knows?  More than you think.

Miles a curious, self determined, and precocious 4-year old tagged along for a 90-minute
photography class at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.  At first, like most children, Miles bounced
around peering, pulling, and pushing objects but not being too disruptive as the instructors conducted class.  To our amusement, Miles often echoed phrases and words he heard during instruction.

After the tutorial period, each student was given an specific color to photograph and was released out to the neighborhood in search of their subjects.  I thought maybe it would be interesting to hand over my precious Lumix camera to Miles in order to give him an activity to occupy his time and his endless source of energy.

Miles quickly grabbed the camera and started pressing the buttons while gazing at the Lumix as if it was a puzzle.  Little fingers all over the front glass, Miles looked up and smiled.  I wondered what are
his expectations?  What would he capture and would there be anything worth viewing?

The teacher was transformed to student, as I followed this visual curious young person and started relearning the importance to photograph with curiosity.  He pointed to the left, right, up, down, through, and over objects.  Never saying much but just watching and probing.

Not once did I see any frustration or disappointment.  Miles just kept on being the curious boy and I became more fascinated about the outcome of his endeavors.

Later, I presented some of the images shot by this young visual story teller to the class and was astonished by his honesty, perspective, and curiosity.   Judge for yourself!  Let us know your thoughts?

Class dismissed!