Final Blog
Assignment
Three consequences
of learning about early childhood field internationally would consist of an expansion
in my thinking regarding the needs of children. There was a saying around my
dinner table while I was a child that I would say would rightly apply to the
realm of educating children; that saying was “Clean your plate, there are
starving children in Africa.” That saying was meant to encourage one to be
grateful and not wasteful. Are we encouraging our children to be grateful? Are
we as professionals being wasteful for not harnessing the vast amount of
information and knowledge available so that we can be agents of change where it
is needed for the children and families we serve?
Another
thought is with the international connections, I have
been able to see how eager for
education and supports other countries have become. They realize the importance
of educating the children; as it is education that lifts a society up and out
of poverty.
With
newsletters coming from the various organizations like UNICEF and many others
as recommended by colleagues in this course, I can keep up with issues dealing
with international trends for early childhood education. Being involved with
international awareness of education trends abroad will aid folks here in the
states to appreciate what is available here. It may also lead to partnering
with an African school as an outreach and to make it better, to be a voice to
advocate for those that are without; “Clean your plate dears there are starving
children in Africa!”
Shelia, my grandmother always reminded us that there were children starving in Africa. Even though I understood in my mind that some child would love to be able to eat what had been prepared for me; I always thought that she was just talking to encourage me to eat my vegetables. This problem of poverty has grown larger over the years and affecting so many children. What is the answer? When will our government start working together to change how the children are suffering? Do they not comprehend that these are the children that become decision makers for our future existents? You are so right!!! It is awareness, knowledge and education that can aide in the efforts of eliminating and preventing the affect of poverty amoung our children.
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