Today, I want to
articulate and share my personal philosophy on the role and purpose of
education. I am sharing this with you
today, because I was inspired today by Dr. Geoffrey Canada, via TED Talks. Sometimes many words can tell a good story or
express the message one wants to get across, but for this post today, I think I
would like to keep it short and sweet.
Since I’m a teacher of English Language Learners, I first want to point
out that I have already used 3 common American expressions so far in this
post! Can you find them? Good for you, if you were able to find them,
and some could argue there’s a 4th, but I just want to share these
three expressions: (1) “to get across;”
(2) “short and sweet;” and (3) “point out.”
Well done!
I believe that
each and every child should have the right to a free and fair public education,
from Pre-K – 12, with quality instruction, engaging curriculum, appropriate
guidance, safe schools, free or reduced breakfast and lunch (when applicable),
and qualified teachers. In short, I
believe if kids could really say what they wanted, it would be this: “Protect
me, care for me, and show me the world.”
I cannot act as if those last words were my own, and so must give credit
to a dear mentor, Mr. Frank Lillo (retired Principal, MA). Furthermore, I would like to add that I know
many schools are not succeeding, and so I will stand and say that something has
to change. What exactly? Let me let Dr. Geoffrey Canada share now, on
how we need innovation in our schools.
Thank you.
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