Lucy Kou

✍️ Written by Lisa H. 💫 Inspiration and Gentle Companionship / Bubu ⸻ I often see this scene in preschool: A teacher softly says to a child, “Would you like to share one with your friend?” Without hesitation, the child reaches out and offers it. The friend who receives it doesn’t worry about whether the hand is clean or whether there might be germs— they simply take it and share it together. Or sometimes, the child just says, “No.” Honest, direct, without a trace of hesitation. And yet, we...

📖 The Power of Observation: From the Laboratory to the Nursery ✍️ By Lisa H. ⸻ “Careful observation, bold hypotheses, and cautious verification.” This was a sentence I first encountered on the wall of my elementary school science classroom. I didn’t fully understand its meaning at the time, but those few words became the foundation of my academic and research journey. Years later, in graduate and doctoral classrooms, I read hundreds of research papers. I came to a deep realization: nearly...

Learning and Education: Returning to the Purity of Learning ✍️ By Lisa H. ⸻ In this age of information overflow, have we forgotten what learning once felt like — that pure sense of curiosity, wonder, and joy? Perhaps, it still lives quietly somewhere within us. ⸻ 📍 Why Has Learning Become a Burden? From a young age, we’re told to study hard — to learn languages, math, skills, and social rules. We believe that knowledge empowers us, and that education changes lives. But somewhere along the...