As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.
Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.
Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going to get lost in the process.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.
We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
When we home schooled my oldest, Jasper, in eighth grade, I saw how empowering it is for a child to learn in their own way. That rebooted my thinking about education.
Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.