My Inclusion Manifesto (not fully edited yet) I have many strongly held values pertaining to education and specifically to inclusion. When I began working with children and at the beginning of my academic pursuits in elementary education, I knew that I valued getting to know every single student or child and helping each one progress in multiple areas but especially in developing their areas of interest. This is where I began, and since then I have come to understand more about how this can be done, with who it can be done, and I have continuously built on this starting point. All children are capable of making progress and our role as teachers is to facilitate and enable this progress in each individual child. When I say in all children, perhaps I should qualify it more clearly. I really mean every single child, children of different: ages, sexes, races, intellectual abilities, physical abilities, interests, learning styles, learning disabilities, family backgrounds, you name it,...
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The Bond I Cannot Break Where are you in the distance Can you not hear my words I am screaming for you I am drowning My arms are floundering I need you But you do not come I know that if you did, You would save me A beautifully crafted delusion But there would be an attempt You love me It is I who cannot bridge the distance And so I scream myself hoarse Year after year after year...
First day of Fall... I go over the sorrows of summer's end year after year so I figured that this year I would try to be excited about Fall. Thinking of Halloween really helps. Wearing sweaters is also nice and so is being cozy at home. Carlos and I went to look at condos with his mom this weekend. We ending up finding a town house in a super nice area and I feel in love with it. We'll see what happens though. I don't want to get too excited too fast. It was in D.D.O. and there was so much green around that is was really lovely. The place itself had the entry way which lead into a powder room on the left and then the kitchen and living room straight down the hallway. Downstairs was a cozy basement with a huge storage area and a place we could turn into a laundry room. Upstairs was the bathroom and two big bedrooms. Man, I would be happy to call that place home. And I think that Carlos' mom would be amazing at giving me decorating suggestions. Oh man... i really feel...
I'm going to my friend's baby shower today. He is having a little girl and I'm soooo excited for him. Aww man, I think that she is going to be a lucky lil girl :) She'll for sure have a kool "aunty" Mindy. But now that Jess is also having a baby, I'm gonna be that baby's aunt for real. :D And then when I have a kid one day (maybe I should say if) Jess will for sure be an aunty too! heehe we've been best friends for a long time and we are both only children so it works out well. I mean I have a bunch of half brothers and sisters but I only know one of them and we don't see each other much. I wouldn't mind seeing him more tho, he was always a sweet kid. And we have the same eyes so that's kinda kool. Anywho, soon I have to get to baby shopping. yay!! Woo man I'm so looking forward to having a kids (or kids) one day. It's crazy. Only thing is I really gotta improve before then. I want my kids to have the best mother they can, and ...
Today I want to become a musician and yesterday I wanted to become a geographer. When is it ever going to stop? Will it ever stop? Or am I always going to want to be something different? There is a negative side and a positive one to my restless nature I'm sure. At some point though, I have to dedicate my life to something. It will probably be to my family, but I also want to dedicate it to changing the world in some way through my career. And I think to do that I have to become really good at something and I am not sure how I am going to do that if I have so many different things that I want to learn and become... I can never stick to one path (again, could be a good thing) but I mean i cannot keep changing my university major, or go for ANOTHER degree all together. I want a family including children, and to have that, I have to end up with some sort of stable income, which requires a job and not MORE student debt than I have already accumulated.. If I could get paid to keep learn...
So the trip to Nova Scotia was kool. I posted my pictures on facebook already like everyone does... Things are going alright. I've started back at school. I was not looking forward to it but I've been pleasantly surprised with my teachers so far. I don't think the semester will be so bad after all. One teacher has already inspired me so for that I am grateful.