Official Start Time: 10:30 p.m.
Date: 10/26/08
Official End Time: 11:30 p.m.
I always write in my blogs about what I think is coming next and what I should do to steer myself in the right direction. What I should do to insure success, often overlooking the thought process that comes with the experience.
The experience you gain through the different roads you take in life will give you all the answers you could have asked for. The brick walls you hit along the way and the epiphanies you will encounter make the experience that much better. We cannot control everything that life throws at us. We must learn to adapt and survive. To grow with the challenges and learn something new with each endeavor.
We must remember to take into consideration the time we have now and the time we will have in the future. That while we are young, the world is our oyster. And anything we set our minds to is possible. As we get older our schedule shrinks. We have less time to do the things we love and make us happy. My philosophy is to always make time for these things. The fears, doubts, and concerns will always be there and shouldn't prevent us from doing the things that make life worth living. That there is still a chance to have fun and give back to a community that has given us so much.
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
The lecture was great and really made some great points that I think you can only learn after years of experience and hard work.
The education we provide our students with will ultimately predict where we see ourselves in 5, 10, 20 years from now. The role that teachers play in the development of our communities is crucial to the future we will have. Their students will be the people who will one day run this country and represent it in a global economy. It thus makes perfect sense to be the best teacher you can be. To inspire your students to shoot for the stars. To encourage them to take on every challenge that comes their way. That even if they fail, they can rest assured that they tried their best.
Schools all over America are being closed down because the students aren't meeting proficiency. The logic is why invest money on a school that has no future instead of investing it in a school that does. I am shocked when I see a school being closed done because of this issue. Teachers are fired and replaced with "instructors" that can get the job done and help the students meet proficiency on their exams. But with what purpose?
These instructors do nothing to prepare our students for a changing world. They prepare them for the world that exists within our school system. A world that runs on a systematic schedule versus a world that demands the best students. The most earnest and well qualified people that they can find. Closing down these schools doesn't address the issues facing our students. It only pushes students to give up knowing that their school is next on the list to be closed down.
The solution is to encourage and push our students onto bigger and better things. To not hold over their heads the idea of an exam they must pass if they want to graduate, but the idea that what they do today will reflect where they are 5, 10, 20 years from now. The karma will take care of itself and the result will be students, teachers, and educators who are driven to set the stage for future students and build upon a community where we look upon what we have done well and how we can make it better.
That's the thing. This is the way that I think our lives should be lived. That we shouldn't focus on all the reasons not to do something but the one or two reasons we should. All things in life have their good sides and their sides. Their purpose is to educate and set the stage for future movements. The karma will take care of itself. The students we motivate to take on such responsibilities will be the fruit of our labor. Getting those letters, emails, and visits from our students is what makes it all worth it. Hearing their stories and seeing what they are doing today is what makes the fears, doubts, and concerns all seem like ants at our picnic.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 10/26/08
Official End Time: 11:30 p.m.
I always write in my blogs about what I think is coming next and what I should do to steer myself in the right direction. What I should do to insure success, often overlooking the thought process that comes with the experience.
The experience you gain through the different roads you take in life will give you all the answers you could have asked for. The brick walls you hit along the way and the epiphanies you will encounter make the experience that much better. We cannot control everything that life throws at us. We must learn to adapt and survive. To grow with the challenges and learn something new with each endeavor.
We must remember to take into consideration the time we have now and the time we will have in the future. That while we are young, the world is our oyster. And anything we set our minds to is possible. As we get older our schedule shrinks. We have less time to do the things we love and make us happy. My philosophy is to always make time for these things. The fears, doubts, and concerns will always be there and shouldn't prevent us from doing the things that make life worth living. That there is still a chance to have fun and give back to a community that has given us so much.
The lecture was great and really made some great points that I think you can only learn after years of experience and hard work.
The education we provide our students with will ultimately predict where we see ourselves in 5, 10, 20 years from now. The role that teachers play in the development of our communities is crucial to the future we will have. Their students will be the people who will one day run this country and represent it in a global economy. It thus makes perfect sense to be the best teacher you can be. To inspire your students to shoot for the stars. To encourage them to take on every challenge that comes their way. That even if they fail, they can rest assured that they tried their best.
Schools all over America are being closed down because the students aren't meeting proficiency. The logic is why invest money on a school that has no future instead of investing it in a school that does. I am shocked when I see a school being closed done because of this issue. Teachers are fired and replaced with "instructors" that can get the job done and help the students meet proficiency on their exams. But with what purpose?
These instructors do nothing to prepare our students for a changing world. They prepare them for the world that exists within our school system. A world that runs on a systematic schedule versus a world that demands the best students. The most earnest and well qualified people that they can find. Closing down these schools doesn't address the issues facing our students. It only pushes students to give up knowing that their school is next on the list to be closed down.
The solution is to encourage and push our students onto bigger and better things. To not hold over their heads the idea of an exam they must pass if they want to graduate, but the idea that what they do today will reflect where they are 5, 10, 20 years from now. The karma will take care of itself and the result will be students, teachers, and educators who are driven to set the stage for future students and build upon a community where we look upon what we have done well and how we can make it better.
That's the thing. This is the way that I think our lives should be lived. That we shouldn't focus on all the reasons not to do something but the one or two reasons we should. All things in life have their good sides and their sides. Their purpose is to educate and set the stage for future movements. The karma will take care of itself. The students we motivate to take on such responsibilities will be the fruit of our labor. Getting those letters, emails, and visits from our students is what makes it all worth it. Hearing their stories and seeing what they are doing today is what makes the fears, doubts, and concerns all seem like ants at our picnic.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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