If a handful of people can change the world for the worse, then I am certain that a handful of people can change the world for the better.
What will you do do to make this world of ours, which feels so broken right now, a better place?
This honestly is why I went into teaching. If I can make a difference in just one life, then I feel I will have succeeded. It's funny, I went into teaching thinking that I could change someone's life (or hoping I could, anyway), but what I didn't count on was that I would be changed so much more by those same students.
My wish, as an educator, as a parent, as a human being, is that people accept differences in one another. We're all different. It would be boring if we were all the same. No one is better than another, just different. Why people can't see that, why people judge others is beyond me. If you don't like someone, fine. Leave them alone. That's what makes me so angry about bullying in schools. If you haven't actually lived someone's life (and let's face it, how can we really know what someone else is going through), you can't judge them. Just like they can't judge you. Or shouldn't, anyway.
Every news story that includes a school shooting or an instance of bullying makes me sad. I hurt for the parents who lose a child and I hurt for the students whose lives are changed in a split second. I know everyone always laughs and makes fun of the beauty pageants where the contestants all answer "World peace" to what they wish most for the world, but honestly, if everyone would simply accept others for who they are - opinions, lifestyles, personalities, etc - we could all get along much better. I'm not saying agree with everyone's decisions or opinions. But everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.
With that in mind, I will continue to do what I've always done. Speak up if I hear about bullying (I know I don't hear everything, but I won't let it go if I do hear it) and provide a safe haven for those who may have nowhere else to go.
** Now, for your assignment, make sure you copy and paste the prompt to the top of your post (NOT the title - put Writing Prompt #1 as your title). Your entry should be at LEAST 100 words (not counting the prompt). To help you get an idea of how much 100 words is, my entry (not counting the prompt and not counting this explanation) was 328 words.
This honestly is why I went into teaching. If I can make a difference in just one life, then I feel I will have succeeded. It's funny, I went into teaching thinking that I could change someone's life (or hoping I could, anyway), but what I didn't count on was that I would be changed so much more by those same students.
My wish, as an educator, as a parent, as a human being, is that people accept differences in one another. We're all different. It would be boring if we were all the same. No one is better than another, just different. Why people can't see that, why people judge others is beyond me. If you don't like someone, fine. Leave them alone. That's what makes me so angry about bullying in schools. If you haven't actually lived someone's life (and let's face it, how can we really know what someone else is going through), you can't judge them. Just like they can't judge you. Or shouldn't, anyway.
Every news story that includes a school shooting or an instance of bullying makes me sad. I hurt for the parents who lose a child and I hurt for the students whose lives are changed in a split second. I know everyone always laughs and makes fun of the beauty pageants where the contestants all answer "World peace" to what they wish most for the world, but honestly, if everyone would simply accept others for who they are - opinions, lifestyles, personalities, etc - we could all get along much better. I'm not saying agree with everyone's decisions or opinions. But everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.
With that in mind, I will continue to do what I've always done. Speak up if I hear about bullying (I know I don't hear everything, but I won't let it go if I do hear it) and provide a safe haven for those who may have nowhere else to go.
** Now, for your assignment, make sure you copy and paste the prompt to the top of your post (NOT the title - put Writing Prompt #1 as your title). Your entry should be at LEAST 100 words (not counting the prompt). To help you get an idea of how much 100 words is, my entry (not counting the prompt and not counting this explanation) was 328 words.
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