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On Beginnings…
July 24th, 2008 by mwatson
The phone in the school office has started ringing with those back to school questions. What day does school begin? Is your school supply list on your home page? When will I find out who my child’s teacher will be?
As I listen and answer questions to the details that we must know, I think about the grand scheme. The details are important. We must get the children to school on time and prepared for learning. Actually, that is an issue we often face with children who struggle. When attendance is poor or tardies are persistent, children can’t take advantage of learning opportunities.
Getting back to the grand scheme…this time of a new year is a time of new beginnings. The new school year, for educators and many others, is more like a new beginning than is the new calendar year. With a new school year, we have a renewed passion for doing what we believe is, not just important, but imperative - a moral obligation. Teaching our children and youth is a perpetuation of society.
At this new beginning, think grand. Imagine, dream, envision, and go forth with responsibility. Together, let’s teach our children that dreams can be accomplished and that responsibility towards ourself and others in not an option.
On a recent trip, I observed massive cathedrals that made one stop in awe, looking upward. Built between 1100 and 1600 AD, these structures might have seemed an impossibility to those living in that day. Yet, the vision of those who built them let nothing stand in the way of producing mighty works of architecture and art.
There is no difference today. Not only do we have the ability to create that which seems impossible, we have the greatest ability of all - to create individuals who dream big, make dreams a reality, and learn compassion and responsibility while becoming the best that they can be.
Take advantage of this new beginning. There’s no telling where it may lead you or your child.
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