Traveling the World

Before volunteering I had no interest in graduate school (despite loving children), but as my semester comes to a close I have a renewed passion for education and psychology. I’ve learned that our education system is terrible (think we all knew that) and that children aren’t learning the things they need to learn because that instructional time is instead devoted to teaching students how to take the FCAT test. Sigh.

If we throw all standardized tests away and started teaching children the way we used to (back in my day), kids would be more intelligent and capable to interact with the complexities of society required of them. I’ve flirted with the idea of teaching in the school system, but know I’d be stripped down to my rawest emotions, and sooner rather than later give up because I have no say in what I’m actually teaching my students. Good game government, good game.

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I fully intend to keep in touch with James, as I know he trusts me (despite not opening up to me as much as I would have liked). But he is very mistrusting of others, so I want to keep in touch with him because he feels like I’m abandoning him. Besides, he’s a very intelligent boy and I have high expectations and hopes for him.

So to end on a high note: all of you out there who are role models for children, always have high expectations for the children to which you are bonded and they shall try their hardest to meet those expectations!