Miracles for Children Can Happen

After meeting a young graduate a few weeks ago, I was convinced that miracles do happen. Imagine not know if you would graduate high school and make it into college with a 1.5 GPA. I have came across an amazing girl that accomplished that goal, if she can do it, I know any child is capable to receive the same type of education under any circumstance.

The 3 R's In A Classroom Setting

Respect: It is important that teachers, students, and staff know what it means to use respect. The best way to earn respect is to show respect. Respect means to treat others the way you wanted to be treated. Working with children, I have learned that the students will behave if the teacher is behaving in a proper manner. I have seen many students disrespect teachers because the teachers are showing disrespect back. It is important to remember who the adult is and to never let a child overpower you that make you very angry. Respect comes along way and children need to learn the basics of respect because it will get them far in life. If we do not show children respect, the way we treat them will have an effect on how they treat others in the future.

 

 

noun: respect

1. 1.

   a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

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Responsibility: Have responsibility. We are responsible for maintaining discipline, encouraging and caring for the students. Notice many children will only get love they never get to feel at home at school. We are never really aware of what children go through at home. As adults, it is our job to create a safety environment for children who may have been raised differently and truly do not know right for wrong. We can show them through our actions, the way we talk to them and the way we uplift them.

 

noun: responsibility

1. the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

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Relationships: No children are not our friends but we can build relationships with them. I try really hard to make sure I treat my students the same and not have favorites. Building relationships from a distance can have a huge impact on children. A relationship strong enough for students to trust and believe that you have a passion for them and care about their future. The only push children may have is when they leave their house because they have someone else to inspire them in every way possible. Building relationships can always prevent many things from happening that children do not like to speak about to others like abuse, rape, and more.

 

noun: relationship; plural noun: relationships

1. the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.

 

 

http://globalgurus.org/Blog/managing-the-disciplines-of-relationship-building/

 

Get Excited For The Youth!

Excitement is what I believe children are lacking in school. How are they going to want to grow in education if they are not excited about what is being taught? It is hard learning material when it feels like Boot camp and a punishment if they do not do the work. It is important that we figure out what motivates and excited children to learn. Working with children over the summer, I have learned that they memorize material when they sing it in the song. It was very interesting watching a school that applies music and dance moves to their learning environment.

Down below you will catch a link about Ron Clark Academy which is a middle school in Atlanta that engages academics with singing and dancing as well as directing discipline and respect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5SBsk3rS6s

It is amazing how they motivate teachers to have passion for what they do to have an effect on students. I believe this makes a huge impact on students and encourages them to want to get up for school every single day. If school all over the world applied this concept, I am sure there would be less dropouts and more high school and college graduates.

Remember that your outside problems cannot affect the children. When you are excited, happy, and motivated so are the students. Staff must stop coming to work just for a paycheck and come to inspire and change a child's life by there push and drive. Show students you care about them by not making it seem like you are giving up on them.



http://coolmomtech.com/2014/11/ways-to-get-girls-excited-about-stem-education/

Remember that your outside problems cannot affect the children. When you are excited, happy, and motivated so are the students. Staff must stop coming to work just for a paycheck and come to inspire and change a child's life by there push and drive. Show students you care about them by not making it seem like you are giving up on them.

We have to get excited to the kids will be excited!

6 Ways To Get Students Motivated to Learn

Getting Student Excited About Learning

Change in the Community Creates Change in Education

Change in education starts with change in the community. I live in Kansas City, Missouri where we are known for children getting shot in drive by shootings. It breaks my heart to see children in elementary school getting taken a way by a gun. I believe in police and members of the community need to be more aware of children's surroundings although some can not be prevented.

Last October, 6 year old Angel Hooper went to the store with her dad to get some bubblegum. When she came out, a bullets from a gunfire struck her in the head. Why were these two men doing shootings at a gas station near a school zone? What will happen in this area to prevent things like this from happening? It takes a community to stand up and agree that there will be no more of this. Family and friends need to start speaking out on there violent gang members. There have been too many shootings that has cost a child's life. This is a young girl who's family will never be able to see her succeed in school. It is a must that make a change and not have anymore Angel Cooper's who will no longer be able to receive education. It is must that we make a change so that young students will not have to grieve over their missing classmate.

I want parents to be more careful of their children's surroundings and making sure they are always in a safe environment.


Below you will be able to watch a video of Angel's family doing a balloon release celebrating her 7th birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBG-GpyV04

 

 

6 year old Angel Hooper

 

http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/community-mourns-protests-the-death-of-6-year-old-angel-hooper

Hooper was fatally shot at about 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 17 as she exited a 7-Eleven convenience store located at 10615 Blue Ridge Boulevard in south Kansas City.

KCTV5 Story of Angel Hooper Below:

http://www.kctv5.com/story/27367075/chief-investigator-in-angel-hooper-murder-meets-with-prosecutors

Slideshow of children killed from shootings:

 

 

Impact & Believe in the YOU(TH)

Believe in the youth for change and believe in yourself to make the change. It is easy to get distracted by the negative things which causes us not to BELIEVE that changes can be made. We must go outside of these schools and inspire these young children who have no hope and do not believe there is more for them. There is a quote that says, "Be the change you want to see in the world".

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In April 2015, I was able to go to an inner city facility for young teen women/men called Hope City. This is a place for those who are in need for food, clothes, shelter and more. I had the opportunity to talk to some young girls about how to be beauty on the inside out and share by college experience. Many of the girls were stuck in school when they should have been graduated high school, many of the girls had children, and some were trying to find their way back to finish high school. My heart went out to these girls and I encouraged them to find their way back to completing big steps in their life like graduation and going to college, trade school, or work. However these young ladies decide to finish, it will have a huge impact on their children. It is important that we send reminders to these children and teens who are still in school to push and  strive for the best. We must not act like we are better or higher than them because they can be in our shoes as long as they have a helping hand and encouragement to reach the top.


Help someone today. You never know who's life you can change and remember to BELIEVE. Believe in YOU and Believe in the YOUTH.

http://philipmckernan.com/believe-in-youth/

It takes nothing by brains, dedication, and teamwork to put together an event for children who are seeking a future. College students need to host events at their school where students young and old can come learn the steps in takes to become a college student and the obstacles you may come across. Getting out in the community and making and impact will encourage the youth to believe in themselves and trust that there is someone who cares about where their life is headed.

Children Deserve A Better Lifestyle

Children deserve better on every level when it comes to education. We must realize that our children are our next generation. The way we raise and teach our children will determine how the world will be changed. Pay attention to the youth, pay attention to education. Children go to school to learn the basics: Math, Reading , Science, English. Some kids go home, and don't get love, discipline, or learn right from wrong. There are major changes that need to be done in the community and in the schools  Generations are getting worse. How are we going to make a change? College students, leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers, we needs to inspire these children.

You will find videos below about why students deserve better and how inspiring teachers have an effect on children.

Stand for Children - Our Students Deserve Better

Extraordinary Teachers: Inspiring Our Work at Stand for Children


How can you help? I know most schools allow people to come in to volunteer and work with kids. There are also before and after programs that college students or adults may work at. These are good ways to connect with children and get to know what holds them back from learning. I have worked with children who have had learning disabilities and was hard for them to focus. Those are the students who need attention the most. There are mentorship programs like Big Brothers & Big Sisters that allows you to choose a child to mentor and stick with for a couple of years. This is what it is going to take to get a child inspired to the next level and to help them believe that they can achieve anything they put their mind to.

Applying Life Skills in Education

It is real. Yes there is a must that there needs to be a change in education. Children go to school daily and learn the basics that they are required to learn and what teachers must teach. I believe that children need to start learning what they do not know. Schools are consumed with what is said in the textbooks instead of what is happening in the real world. I say that schools should apply more history knowledge to students and a requirement that they learn about their own hidden history. We spend a lifetime learning about history but do not know the history about ourselves and how we were brought up.

It amazes me how much material I have learned since grade school but the important ones I have always remembered were about life, growing, and getting better as an individual. Those things are what allowed me to strive for excellence and set  a standard. All students do not get this kind of treatment. They need to start applying what students do not know instead of packing them down with books, test, and worksheets that will not benefits them in the future.



http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/teach-children-meaning-respect-46523.html

The music video above "Don't Stay in School" has a very powerful message if you listen to the words. It is not going against students being in school but it is going against what it being taught in school. He mentioned how he cannot remember learning how to get a job but learned how to dissect frogs. The point he is making in this video is that students should not have to learn things they do not need in the future. I believe that teachers should be required to balance life skills and lessons children have to be taught by the state. There is always an opportunity to pour into children. At my job, every Wednesday I have girl talks with the ladies in my class and the guys go with the male group leader in my class. It is easy to apply life skills and inspire children even if it is not a requirement.


Understanding Why Education Must Change