All of our students are going to be something. That 7 year old girl is going to be a Nurse in twenty years, and that other 7 year old girl is going to be UPS driver. They are both students, and both have a common goal to pursue a career in something they enjoy. But how do they get there? Us!
Like an airplane, these two unknown girls are heading in different directions. Our job as educators is to ensure an excellent education for future learners, where it leads them to could be two very different destinations.
Both of them are in college now, and like flying on an airplane, they both had to pay to go on their route. The Nursing student is attending a 4 year school to become and RN. The future UPS driver will have to go through some extensive costly training, learning an entire map of streets and directions on how to get places.
We can do our best to guide them, but they are taking their own routes. It makes life fun and interesting.
The future is on our students!
My very favorite quote by Walt Disney.
Three things I learned in this course are, but are not, limited to...
1. A diverse classroom will be upon us! We need to instruct our students with foreign cultures, America is not the only country in the world!
2. That story about the substitute teacher who put that student in the upper level reading class who became famous in Manhattan I will forever remember! That girl proves that everybody should reach for their DREAM!
3. The common core is actually very useful. It keeps America on the same page as far as education goes. Our level of intelligence thus is competitive with other countries!
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