What Is The Importance Of Success?

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I believe that all people deserve a chance at success.

It is my conviction that success is most readily achieved though access to an equal and fulfilling education. This education must be spread among people (both children and adults) as evenly as possible: no matter what socioeconomic level, ethnicity, gender, or other segregating factor is at play. It is important that teachers, families, communities, and the government provide as close to the same opportunities to all as possible. If one or more of those groups are unwilling or unable to provide access to an equal education than it is up to the other group(s) to do their best to give all students a fair chance at success. My student teaching location is in an impoverished district in OKC, so the communities and the families are unable to provide much support for their youth’s education due to monetary and time constraints. In response, the teachers and administration go above …show more content…

As an educator it is my job to link historical topics to my student’s cultures and different heritages in order to foster higher levels of student learning. Families and communities should build on this education by providing hands-on opportunities to children in which they can either visually or kinesthetically see the connections between what they are learning and who they are. Furthermore, it is my job to connect vague historical facts and ideals to current events that students are invested in. For example, when teaching about the Progressive Era, links can be made between corporations today and original big businesses or students can be asked to write papers about issues they are passionate about in the manor of muckraker journalists. These connects will get students involved in their education helping to create lifelong learners and lifelong links to American

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