Quotes of Inspiration

Hello Everyone,

I was very inspired by all of the people included in week 2 and week 3 resources. I find it very encouraging when I see such passion in the early childhood field. If I did half as much as these people have done in the field, I would have done a great job.

From week 2 I chose to included remarks from Ms. Louise Sparks and Mr. Raymond Hernandez. I am inspired by their thoughts on the passion that drives them to do what they do.
As stated by Louise Sparks, her passion was, "passion to create a safe just world for all children" (Laureate Education Inc., 2011)
The passion that I loved from Mr. Hernandez was that he wasn't trying to save everyone, but trying to make a difference in his community (Laureate Education Inc., 2011).

One of the peole I chose from week 4 was Mrs. Marian Edelman, and here is an excerpt from Hold My Hand: Prayers for building a Movement to Leave No Child Left Behind

I Care and Am Willing To Serve

By Marian Wright Edelman

Lord I cannot preach like Martin Luther King, Jr.

or turn a poetic phrase like Maya Angelou

but I care and am willing to serve.

I do not have Fred Shuttlesworth's and Harriet

Tubman's courage or Franklin Roosevelt's political skills

but I care and am willing to serve.

I cannot sing like Fannie Lou Hammer

or organize like Ella Baker and Bayard Rustin

but I care and am willing to serve.

I am not Holy Like Archbishop Tutu,

forgiving like Mandela, or disciplined

like Gandhi

but I care and am willing to serve.

I am not brilliant like Dr. Du Bois or

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, or as

eloquent as Sojourner Truth and Booker

T. Washington

but I care and am willing to serve.

I have not Mother Teresa's saintliness,

Dorothy Day's love or Cesar Chavez's

gentle tough spirit

but I care and am willing to serve.

God it is not as easy as the 60's

to frame an issue and forge a solution

but I care and am willing to serve.

My mind and body are not so swift as in youth

and my energy comes in spurts

but I care and am willing to serve.

I'm so young

nobody will listen

I'm not sure what to say or due

but I care and am willing to serve

I can't see or here well

speak good English, stutter sometimes

and get real scared, standing up before others

but I care and am willing to serve.

Lord, use me as Thou will to save Thy children today and tomorrow

and to build a nation and world where no child is left behind and

everyone feels welcome.

The other person I chose from this week's resources was Lilian Katz, it is as follows:

"It is clearly not useful for a child to learn skills if, in the process of learning them, the disposition to use them is damaged" (Dispositions as Educational Goals, 1993).

All of these people are great inspirations to continue doing my best in the early childhood field.