I count myself as fortunate to come from a school district that has an abundance of resources designed to enrich our students. This happens because we have a community that supports our schools through a variety of ways. The teachers and students at my school want for nothing. At several points during our school visits in Colombia I noticed the absence of resources. That's not to say the resources aren't there, I just didn't see them being utilized in the classroom. There were very few textbooks, computers, wifi, libraries. Again, I say this not to be critical. In fact, I admire the educators in Colombia for their creativity and ability to take lesson planning to another level! Having the opportunity to observe early childhood education through high school lead me to the conclusion that the schools I observed in Colombia are doing something right. The students are artistic, intelligent, articulate, tolerant, kind, motivated, respectful and full of pride. What each school did have was an abundance of optimism, students of good character, enthusiastic teachers and space/time for kids to be kids.
I walked away wondering if all of the stuff we have might be getting in our way. Perhaps we should pull out the old toolbox, dust off our tools and get back to basics.
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