Time Well Spent

Three Deeply Felt Learnings from my Master’s in Early Childhood Studies Program

1.       The issues that surround the field for children and families and just how much is needed.  I had no idea about this before starting this course.  I was unfamiliar with this field and had no clue.  It has been mind blowing and heart wrenching at the same time to understand the needs that should be filled. 

2.       The unbias work.  When we learned about microaggressions and unbias work I felt very humbled that there were people out there doing their best to stop bias behavior.  I always make it a point to show my daughter our differences made us unique and special but we are all ultimately the same.  I really enjoyed learning about microaggressions and how often they are used in our society.  I am concerned with how children are raised to single out or hate other groups, and was very touched by this work.

3.       Communication.  I learned so much from our communication class about verbal and non-verbal cues, assuming, and listening.  This class actually saved me from divorce!  I saw how we communicate in a whole new light and take that with me wherever I go.  I hope to continue to learn about communication and the different ways in which we do that now that technology has also become a huge way we communicate. 

A long term goal of mine is to help children and families in my new home of Quebec.  I have found out things about the family system there that make me feel worried but I am hopeful that I can fit in somewhere eventually and start to fulfill these dreams.  I have to start somewhere and I might as well make friends, learn the language, adapt to the culture and have fun with finding out more information so I can figure out a way to help. 

I want to thank my instructors and my colleagues immensely for being patient with me and guiding me through my course.  My instructors with Walden are the best I have ever had, and before Walden I went to a military school.  My colleagues have actually felt like family to me.  I have never had such comradely with classmates before, and their feedback and advice has been a blessing.  Thank you so much for giving me a chance to expand myself as a student, a mother, and as a successful member of the Early Childhood Field. 

This little life is the reason why I chose this field and why I live and breathe each day.

 

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.”

― Khaled Hosseini

“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.”

― Isabel Allende

“Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

My email address is racergurl214@yahoo.com.  Email me at any time, I am never bothered and willing to help!