Other Inspirational Quotes
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Quotes about passion, motivation, and wisdom from the professionals in the video segment entitled: The Passion for Early Childhood Education
“So I started to look at the research about how young children develop identity and attitudes, and in the course discovered that the preschool years are critical; they are the first, most fundamental period, when children are in fact noticing they are and are noticing the attitudes and the stereotypes and the discomforts or the positive messages about their skin color, their racial identity, their ethnic identity, and so on, and that teachers didn’t know what to do about that, and preschool being such a critical time, preschool teachers really had no idea, even, that young children were even interested in these areas.” -Louise Derman-Sparks (Professor Emeritus –Pacific Oak College, CA)
“I see early childhood education, all education really, as a civil rights issue. Because the right to what we think about in a relationship to a childhood that leads you—leaves you ready to optimum life experiences, a childhood and an educational context experience throughout your life cycle, that opens up the world to you, that gives you the tools that you need to ask questions and investigate things. Those are the things that I want for all children.” - Renatta M. Cooper (Program Specialist, Office of Child Care, LA County Chief Administrative Office)
“So I started to look at the research about how young children develop identity and attitudes, and in the course discovered that the preschool years are critical; they are the first, most fundamental period, when children are in fact noticing they are and are noticing the attitudes and the stereotypes and the discomforts or the positive messages about their skin color, their racial identity, their ethnic identity, and so on, and that teachers didn’t know what to do about that, and preschool being such a critical time, preschool teachers really had no idea, even, that young children were even interested in these areas.” -Louise Derman-Sparks (Professor Emeritus –Pacific Oak College, CA)
“I see early childhood education, all education really, as a civil rights issue. Because the right to what we think about in a relationship to a childhood that leads you—leaves you ready to optimum life experiences, a childhood and an educational context experience throughout your life cycle, that opens up the world to you, that gives you the tools that you need to ask questions and investigate things. Those are the things that I want for all children.” - Renatta M. Cooper (Program Specialist, Office of Child Care, LA County Chief Administrative Office)
Quotes or excerpts from writings or speeches of each of the two people you identified for your Discussion assignment this week
"Today’s cultural pressures on children—media saturation, materialism, test-driven schools, and the fast pace of life—threaten to undermine some of the basic building blocks of healthy development. But we adults can navigate these difficult waters when we understand what it is children need and how we can best help them in these rapidly changing times.”
– Nancy Carlsson-Paige
– Nancy Carlsson-Paige
“My job is to hear all the input, and then as the leader, then decide which are the things that I think are going to move student achievement forward in this district. And I have to make those decisions. That doesn’t mean that I’m not listening. It just means I have to choose to take into consideration all of that input."
- Michelle Rhee
Thursday, January 19, 2012
“Personal Childhood Web”
G is for the GREATNESS that my Grandmother Dorothy brought into my life!
R is for MY REALITY CHECK, because Dorothy is not here…
A is for ARKANSAS, the place where my Great Grandparents had 14 children, 1 named
Dorothy, and a place that my family can call home…
N is for NORTHEAST, the road her and 5 of her siblings traveled to end up in DE and NJ…
D is for the DEATH, she suffered in 1979, DEPARTING my life forever…
M is for the MOTHERLY instincts that kicked in time and time again…
O is for the OUTSTANDING way that she took care of us, when my mom had to work, etc…
T is for the name THOMAS, the legacy that will live on…
H is for the 4 HEART BEATS that she missed in meeting her Great Grandchildren…
E is for the EFFORTS, she made along with the sacrifices…
R is for the REMEMBERING WHAT DOROTHY MEANT TO ME…
R.I.P GRANDMOM DOROTHY, YOU ARE TRULY MISSED!!!!!!!!
M is for my childhood MEMORIES of amusement parks, fishing trips, traveling to Arkansas…
O is for the OUTSTANDING efforts that she made to handle everything, even in bad times…
M is for being the MIRACULOUS; I am remembering all the obstacles,
YOU RECOVERED VERY WELL!
Thank you MOM!!!
A is for Aunt Vera, Aunt Magaline, Aunt Velma, Grandmom Dorothy’s SISTERS…
U is for the UNIQUE and UNDERSTANDING bond that they all held…
N is for NEVER, because we as the “THOMAS FAMILY” will never forget you…
T is for the all the TERRIFIC family bonding, vacations, even the disputes were memorable…
R.I.P. Aunt Vera, Aunt Magaline, Aunt Velma, we will LOVE YOU ALWAYS!!!
“THEIR CONTINUED INFLUENCES ON MY LIFE”
1st In my life I have learned, that there is nothing stronger than a sibling bond, if the correct seeds are placed in children’s lives. I constantly reiterated to my own children, how a sibling bond can help build character, and can support you through the good and bad…
2nd Family bonding is important, you should be able to rely on them, however if you are fortunate enough to have great people in your life, regardless of a blood relation it’s okay to rely on what I call an extended family. (In some instances
3rd Be Strong, Be Tough, Be Fair, Be Honest, Be Loyal, Do Not Compromise Your Integrity and most importantly, when someone shows you who they are, BELIEVE THEM!!! 
Thomas Family Tree
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