Quotes on Education

I close my eyes And I can visualize Things that may never be. Unless, of course, I take my dreams ... And turn them into reality. Sometime in the future, Someone may ask me, "Who taught you your values, Your skills, your determination?" And I will reply, "The same person who opened Locked doors without the key, Portals in my imagination, Windows in my mind, Holes in my seriousness. "A teacher taught me." Michelle Kao This quote sits in a picture frame in my classroom at my desk. I remind myself every day to strive to be that teacher. "Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants." -- John Gardner "It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted." -Linda Conway I find this photo very fitting as well for how I currently feel towards education. While it may be hard to read, the students were each asked to write a singular noun in the plural form, then use it in a sentence, and draw a picture. Watching this child work on his assignment was exciting. He selected his word and then asked if he could go to our math center to get our connecting cubes. Of course I said yes out of curiosity as how this related to the assignment. I watched him count out connecting cubes, write a story problem and addition sentence ( our math lesson from the week).  With this in mind, I feel a true learning experience is not simply going through the motions of each lesson and answering questions correctly, but applying what you already know and integrating different subjects and topics together through your exploration of learning.  It is that small yet big learning moment, that motivates me.