User talk:Mclar005

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I for one think it was awesome of you to give back to your mom, just by being there for her!!!!My parents are very important to me and my 7yr old son---we have been living with them ever since my divorce 6yrs ago. You may end up being one of those perpetual college students. Just how many AAs did you end up with? My mother tried to talk me into going in to education to start with many years ago--if I had I am sure I'd be furhter along than what I am now. But, I am here now! I am finding it hard to nail down just one thought on myself as an educator. It is still developing and proabably continue to do so as I go. I want kids to know I care and that I am there to help them learn and grow, but to that I expect them to do their best---to reach for goals themselves and not just do it because they have to. GlsmithESCC (talk) 03:07, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

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I lost my mom, my sister and my husband to cancer. It hurts all the time but you learn a lot about yourself and in your case, Michael, that is obvious. It is good that you are back on the saddle again. Respect to your philosophy of education, I also believe that every child should reach for the stars, but it depends on what you call "the star": some children are destined to be austronauts, another children are destined to become stay-home-moms, another kids will join the military...and all those things are equally good, provided that they do a good job at whatever they choose to do. I think that some times, when you tell the students that they can be anything they want to be, you are preparing them for failure and frustration because not all kids can be presidents, or can afford college education, or win olimpic medals...I think we should be more realistic and, without forgetting the stars and the moon at all, teachers should teach that when we sit at an office doing paperwork, if we do a good job at that, we also transform the universe Ronei007 (talk) 21:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)