Thank You,

"The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake.
The five most important words: You did a good job.
The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion?
The three most important words: If you please.
The two most important words: Thank You. The one most important word: We.
The least important word: I."

Anonymous

Internet classes like this would not be possible with out helpful teachers and giving peers. Thank you te everyone apart of this class. All of the comments, guidance and questions make me a stronger person.

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. ~Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking, 1928

This quote makes me think of my teenager. As a parent and educator I can only do so much, the rest is left up to him.

Testing, Testing, Testing

I do not agree the way testing is done. In public school, the STAARis mandatory. They sit in a room for however many hours and are expected to take this test. BECAUSE of the NCLB act, teachers are teaching to the test, because it loos bad on them is the test scores are low. This is not testing the holistic child. Children learn is so many different ways and should be tested in those same ways. My daughter makes herself so sick right before the test. Many do. It is not fair to the child. Yes, i do think that we need to measure what they are learning, but even in my toddler classroom, I get questionsed why Mark does not know that he is a boy and is three.