“May your choices reflect your hopes,
not your fears.” –
Nelson Mandela
When we encourage our students, we encourage them to
try. We do this because we understand that
the only thing holding them back is fear.
As we approach the last quarter of the year, we have some established
fears as well. As educators we walk into
the beginning of the year full of possibilities about what our students will
become and how much they will grow. As
we approach the end, our fears or insecurities establish roots because we realize
that the power shifts. The responsibility
is now on the students to show what they have learned and as the facilitators,
we must pull back and allow them to demonstrate that knowledge.
Our choices as educators really take root in our
students. If we elected to give them
wings and let them fly, it is now that they will fly. If we have clipped their wings in an effort
to keep them close to home, they will wait for our cues.
Although each method is flawed, there are
opportunities to create a well-rounded student and those opportunities are
still present. There is time to allow
your choices as an educator to reflect a sense of hope in protecting the process
of learning. Do not rely on a spirit of
fear that the alternative is possible.
Whatever we feed will grow in abundance.
Feed your students hopes and encourage them to experience all aspects of
learning. Allow them to grow! It’s
their time…
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