I was privileged to be witness to a great quote from a pre-service teacher (pursuing their degree in elementary education at the University of Northern Colorado) and interviewee for a prospective Learning Center Aide today re: students & their individual talents. "I heard from teachers how difficult this one student was. But what I came to find out was that he was really a great kid & that some of his distractions were actually his talents."
This is the mindstate of possibility. It comes from a person first perspective, it values difference & diversity, it shows care and concern, it models empathy & frames the foundation for resiliency.
This is what ed reform needs to be. Where it needs to begin.
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