Reading about the personal sacrifices and difficulties that the Lee family faced in the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, as well as the stories that Marsha Shigeyo Hawley and Shaun-Adrian Chofla shared of their own childhood experiences, were the most influential to me. It is easy to be provided with information through literature, but to hear someone’s thoughts and feelings of their own intimate experiences sheds a deeper light on the challenges they have faced and what has helped them move forward. These three individual stories have motivated me to want to learn more about the lives of the students of whom I teach, and what I can do to provide them with a better chance for a successful future.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Information and Insights
My experience throughout this course has been one that was filled with both information and insights. The multitude of challenges that young children must face today was revealed to me in an eye-opening manner, and is truthfully something that I cannot close my mind to. Knowing now that most young children will encounter challenges such as abuse, violence, death, poverty, disability, parental separation and divorce, as well as the need to learn another language or culture, signifies the importance of learning how these challenges impact a young child’s development and well-being.
Reading about the personal sacrifices and difficulties that the Lee family faced in the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, as well as the stories that Marsha Shigeyo Hawley and Shaun-Adrian Chofla shared of their own childhood experiences, were the most influential to me. It is easy to be provided with information through literature, but to hear someone’s thoughts and feelings of their own intimate experiences sheds a deeper light on the challenges they have faced and what has helped them move forward. These three individual stories have motivated me to want to learn more about the lives of the students of whom I teach, and what I can do to provide them with a better chance for a successful future.
Reading about the personal sacrifices and difficulties that the Lee family faced in the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, as well as the stories that Marsha Shigeyo Hawley and Shaun-Adrian Chofla shared of their own childhood experiences, were the most influential to me. It is easy to be provided with information through literature, but to hear someone’s thoughts and feelings of their own intimate experiences sheds a deeper light on the challenges they have faced and what has helped them move forward. These three individual stories have motivated me to want to learn more about the lives of the students of whom I teach, and what I can do to provide them with a better chance for a successful future.
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