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For the little people known as kindergarteners...

Today I will begin blogging about my adventures, learnings, and thoughts towards teaching. My experiences in education are not as vast as some others, but I believe they are valuable. I believe in our children, even those who are often seen as unlikely to succeed. I thrive when I see young people growing and learning in unique and exciting ways. My hope for all of my students is that they learn at least one thing while they are in my classroom...I want them to know that, "They are special, and they CAN learn". So many students that I meet day to day have been told that they can't, I want to share with my students that they CAN and they WILL. There is a moment, when you have been working with a child for a while, when all of a sudden you see the glimmer in the child's eye...the moment when the child realizes that they have had success. It is these moments that drive me to continue my learning as an educator...it is these moments that get me through all of the challenges I face each day in the classroom.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teach - The Washington Post

The greatest teacher incentive: The freedom to teach - The Washington Post

This article makes several really valid points. Unfortunately, most of you all who read this blog are teachers, so, it will be validating what you already know. I wish there were more people in positions of power that would spend more time listening to those of us in the trenches. I dream about a day when I can actually teach my children what the need to know. There was a time when children were taught how to do basic tasks, and it was acceptable for them to work in jobs where those tasks were necessary. I hope someday we will come back around to accepting children for who they are, not push them to be someone that are not.

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