My most passionate hope for the children and families that I will work with is that each person can learn to treat everyone fairly. In order to do that, I have to help everyone understand their misconceptions, and we have to talk about them and then work through them. I also have to set the example of being an unbiased professional. As a teacher, I am fortunate to have each child and family for a year, and I believe this is a lot of time to make a lot of changes. I am walking away from this class realizing that I have the power to change society around me one person at a time.
I want to thank all of my fellow colleagues for taking the time to read my blog each week. Thank you for sharing your insights and experience with me. We only have one more class, and then we graduate! I am wishing you all the best of luck.
Stacey - You do have the power! That is what is so incredible about this career field (life choice). We spend so much time with these childen that we have the perfect opportunity to influence and educate. And the amazing theing is that sometimes the family will even learn from the child too.
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