Quotes

Quotes from Hillary Clinton and Lilian Katz

All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them. Hillary Clinton

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others. Hillary Clinton

If formal instruction is introduced too early, too intensely and too abstractly, the children may indeed learn the instructed knowledge and skills, but they may do so at the expense of the disposition to use them. Lilian Katz

Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our
children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it.  If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children. Lilian Katz

Quotes about passion, motivation, and wisdom from Educational Professionals in the video segment from Week 2

I want to fix all the injustices in the world. I want to make sure children are taught in an environment to grow and develop to their fullest abilities, and to create a save world. Louise Derman-Sparks

I felt everything in me was being called on to teach; it made be feel whole. Louise Derman-Sparks

Whenever I get bogged down with the paperwork, I say okay take 20 minutes and go see the children so you don't forget what your doing all this for. Raymond Hernandez

Its helps me to put my ego aside and help these children to succeed. Renatta M. Cooper

These stories touched my heart....

My first story happened about 4 years ago, when I worked with Special Needs children. We had a little boy who didn't talk and had major fits, where he would strip off this clothes. He had long hair and we called him our wild boy (if anyone has ever watched the cartoon, "The Wild Thornberry's, he was a Donnie). After working with him for a couple of months he was speaking and doing wonderful work, he could operate a computer better than us, almost. We had a TV with a VCR and kids movies, after being out of the room for awhile, I returned to Tom and Jerry written on the chalkboard. Yes, he wanted to watch it and wrote it on the board because the lead teacher told him no...lol This was so encouraging for me and let me know that anyone can learn.
My second story happened to me this year. I have a 3 yr old that didn't talk just grunted when school started and he wasn't potty trained. We are now potty trained and he does say several words now. What touched me so much and let me know that I am in the right profession was we go over our ABC's everyday different letters. This year our Head Start is using Zoo Phonics, I think is great!!! About a week after learning the letter "B" he had one of the BIG books in our room and he pointed to the letter "B" and made the sound and said "B". I was so happy and so proud of him and I must say myself. It is so encouraging to me to know that I do make a difference in their lives.
One more thing to add about feeling rewarded is when they say I love you, Ms. Cathy and hug me!!!

This is me at work....

My Favorite Quote

This is my favorite quote of all time.
"They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel." - Carol Buchner

Just a TEST

Just making sure that I know what I am doing....lol