Many Thanks!!!!

Thanks to All!

I enjoyed reading and interacting with each of you throughout this course. For those of you that I’ve had in my previous class – it’s been a blast. Each week, I looked forward to reading all postings for further insights from either our weekly discussions or the blogs. Although I’m new to the education field, I feel I have learned a lot from each one of you, and I cannot wait to implement what I’ve learned from each of you and apply it in a school setting. I personally enjoyed reading the blogs of those whom have been in the education field for some time now that I can truly gain information and knowledge from.

I look forward to seeing you all in upcoming classes! Let’s continue this journey together!! =)

Kaysha

Quotes…Quotes and More Quotes…

“No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness & generosity hidden in the soul or a child. The effort of every true education should be unlock that treasure”…Emma Goldman, Author

“Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate."… Anonymous

"An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with - for you are a caretaker for those moments in time." …Doc Childre, founder of the nonprofit institute HeartMath, a research and education organization

“If you want to interact effectively with me, to influence me - your spouse, your child, your neighbor, your boss, your coworker, your friend - you first need to understand me”…Stephen R. Covey, The Importance of Understanding

Testing for Intelligence

I believe that testing a child should be more than what a child looks like or what a child can do on paper, it should be what a child can do creatively. If the child was asked to identify certain objects in a picture, would the child be able to do so? Would the child be able to see things that we as adults could not see? Another way to assess the child would be their health and well-being. As facilitators, we should pay attention to all students in the class rather than focusing on just one child. We must pay close attention in making sure that all children that are in our care look nutrient, well clothed and well fed.

For instance, in Thailand, where children make up over 30 percent of the population, nearly 60 percent -- six million children -- of primary school age are undernourished; nearly one million are critically malnourished. Ironically this country is a major producer and exporter of food.  In some areas of the world, the situation is even more depressing. In conflict-ridden areas of Sri Lanka, for example, the UN World Food Program found alarming levels of malnutrition (Gunde, 2012). A quarter of the children in these areas are "stunted,” or too short for their age, and nearly one in three is severely "wasted,” that is, far too thin for their height. And in still other places, children face outright starvation. A news report from Zimbabwe, once a breadbasket of Southern Africa, quoted a 32-year-old mother waiting in a queue for a bag of corn meal and a portion of beans passed out by the World Food Program: "I want my children to go to lessons to learn, but the walk is too much for them some days when they are so famished. How can they learn when they have no food in their stomachs?"

The examples mentioned above are very heartfelt. As a mother, I could never imagine having to stand in a line waiting to get food for long periods of time. However, as a mother I know that in order for my child to eat, I would do anything and everything I had to do to make sure he does.

Reference:

Gunde , R. (2012). School Children in the Developing World: Health, Nutrition and School Performance. Retrieved from http://www.international.ucla.edu