> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # TheChocolateLifeLIVE | Looking at the World Through Chocolate-Colored Glasses - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/thechocolatelifelive-looking-at-the-world-through-chocolate-colored-glasses/ - Published: 2023-08-08T17:16:23.000Z - Updated: 2023-08-14T16:53:31.000Z - Description: Episode 128 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE is LIVE from 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT on Friday, August 11th. - Author: TheChocolateWire - Tags: Live Stream, The Wire 💬 UPDATE: After the live stream I was reminded of the video linked to below featuring Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson even uses the word lenses in this answer to a question. TL;DR? I can sum things up in the phrase, “One of the critical objectives of parenting and education should be to instill curiosity in our children and students.” [Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson at Montclair Kimberley Academy - 2010-Jan-29Jump to 6:15 for the start of the interview.Now with captions! Took me three days to transcribe :-P Download captions: https://sites.google.com/site/teridon…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/6ca9d352/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YXh9RQCvxmg/hqdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/YXh9RQCvxmg?t=4340&ref=thechocolatelife.com) This link is over an hour and ten minutes into the video – the final question. This is a great summary of my philosophy as a parent and educator. --- Watch on [my LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Flavidacocoa-thechocolatelife-ikigai-activity-7094726256197316608-sJof?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop). Watch on [TheChocolateLife page](https://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateLife/) on Facebook (live event). --- ### **Episode Overview** I am used to the school year in New York starting the week after Labor Day. Here in Arizona, the school year has already begun, and I led a class on chocolate for 23 homeschooled students between the ages of 5 and 14 this week. 🧑‍🎓 Given the opportunity, what would **you** choose to present and talk about? *And how?* In the past, I have gone to my kids’ schools on parent/career day and talked about what I do in chocolate ... so standing up in front of a room full of young children is not new territory for me. In this case, I will be giving the class on the premises of a working bean-to-bar chocolate factory. However, given hygiene (the need to get all of them into booties and fair nets) and safety issues, we are likely not going to organize a walkthrough of the back-of-house operation. But, of course, we’ll be tasting nibs and chocolate and I have props. --- ### **Concepts That Will Be Discussed** ***My*** approach will be to start by sharing my experience – what gets me excited about working with chocolate, and *what keeps me excited* after working in chocolate for more than twenty years. > This is where the idea of looking at the world through chocolate-covered lenses occurred to me. Rather than lecturing (an all too easy mode for me to get into), I am going to focus on asking the students questions about what they know and encourage them to ask me questions. Not Socratic dialog, but basing the discussion around their knowledge. I think of each of the following topic areas as lenses through which I get to look at the world from a chocolate POV. I am hoping that each student in the class will find at least one topic that interests them personally. If so, it will be a success! 💬 *In my experience, I have yet to find an aspect of human existence that can’t be connected to chocolate in some way.* #### *A Collection* of Chocolate Lenses ➠ Archaeology ➠ Art ➠ Biology ➠ Botany ➠ Business ➠ Chemistry ➠ Comparative Religion ➠ Cultural Anthropology ➠ Economics ➠ Education ➠ Ethics ➠ Genetics ➠ History ➠ Languages ➠ Mathematics ➠ Mechanical Engineering ➠ Microbiology ➠ Philosophy ➠ Physics ➠ Physiology and Diet/Nutrition ➠ Politics ➠ Sensory analysis ➠ Sociology ➠ Storytelling ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2023/08/FiveCacaoPods_Nicaragua_preview.jpg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2023/08/HalfOpenPod-SeedsAbove_preview.jpg) Images used during the class. --- ### **Contribute!** As always, I will be taking questions and comments during the live stream. If you want to share your thoughts with me here on TheChocolateLife *before* the live stream begins, add them in the comments below. 💡 Not a member? You must be a member to comment. Click the Join button to become a Free ***or Premium*** member. And please don’t forget: Like. Comment. Share. ***Subscribe!*** --- ### **Hashtags** #ikigai #chocolate #craftchocolate #cacao #cocoa #cacau #TheChocolateLife #LaVidaCocoa ---