Student Opportunity

"To whom much  has been given much is required"

I look deep into education through the eyes of the quotee as I search for opportunities for my students. My growth as an educator has come with lessons; major one coming from my recent experience of training girls towards the high school forum discussion competition, seeing them practising what has been taught and delivering it through learned skills and reflecting on performance.

I thrive on making my surroundings thrive. Motivation is a huge factor. Truth be told; we are not everyone's people and people aren't all ours; this is quite a mouthful for someone in education with expectations of 'professionalism'; a word intentionally quotation marked for the purpose of this section because of my experience with my girls. For many professionalism is being a bigger person; literally...

A rocky start with half of them, an optimistic start with the rest. One important quality I've learned #InEd. is providing opportunity of expression to the believing of capability and the non believer of such , the 'worthy' of such and the 'unworthy'. It goes beyond offense; looking at what an opportunity of seeing worth in their contribution can do. I had been disrespected prior...

Today I am proud; highlights of my forum open-minded  competition trip with my girls wasn't only commendable behaviour of them as panels or the receipt of best speaker award for one but the award was the relationship built  with the the initially rocky starters, the trust and words of affirmation from all “we will continue making you proud like you say we did even though we feel we could have done much better amd won the competition because  of your lessons”.

I wept at my growth as a teacher. The whole concept of seeing beyond behaviour and find capability, nurture and put it to play is mostly vital. Cost is a conversation of its own...

I'm getting questions about the next forum and I am happily planning the next event; a high school quiz. I hope they forever look deep into mature; environmental and their own and see beyond; always like I have with them.

Bottom line: time is the least worrying factor of sacrifice in education; the soul is… and sometimes even respect becomes less worrying; and the influence does...