Inspiring Quotes
“As a white woman I see clearly my role in
changing the profession and the society (not to mention the world) so that
oppression is clear and obvious and more of us are dedicated to erasing it—in
ourselves and in our institutions.”
Janet Gonzalez- Mena, M.A.
Janet Gonzalez-Mena
"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”
Marian
Wright Edelman
“You really can change the
world if you care enough.”
Marian
Wright Edelman
"You've got to take your ego out of it and think about what's best for the child."
Renatta
M. Cooper
(The Passion for Early Childhood)
Leticia Lara
(Passion for Early
Childhood)
“Happy
are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come
true.”
Leon J. Suenes
Dr. Seuss
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI really liked this quote you posted of Gonzalez-Mena
"Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness."
I often hear adults telling children that they should be happy. It really bothers me. This may be because once when I was in grade school, the principal told me to smile. I hadn't been frowning but walking and thinking. I told the principal I didn't feel like smiling. Because of my upbringing to smile when not feeling like it was like lying. The principal did not react well to my saying this. She took it as insubordination. I think she told my dad. My dad had to again teach me about all the many types of people in the world. What do you think about if a parent were to tell you that they wanted the teachers to encourage their child to act happy all the time. After all, we are supposed to respect different cultures. There are many paradoxes I don't understand