The children taught not by explaining but by showing, and showing was what they did best, because they had not yet learned to hide, and not hiding was what made their teaching effective, not as pedagogy but as presence, and presence was what the cooperative had been practicing, not as a technique but as a way of being, and being was what the children brought, not as knowledge but as openness, and openness was what made the teaching possible, because teaching was not what the children did but what happened when they were present, and presence was what the cooperative had been building, not with curriculum but with attention, and attention was what the children gave freely, and freely was what made it valuable, because value was not in the price but in the giving, and giving was what the coo
