Thanks...

I want to send out a special thank you to everyone who took time to read blog and those who participated and commented.  I learn a lot and enjoyed reading your comments.  Thank you!

One of my Favorite Quotes

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

This is a quote I chose because it speaks volumes.  I, myself, like other adults tend to focus so much on child's future and forget the importance of their present well being.  I have to remember that even though every child has a bright future, we must recognize and acknowledge how they are special now.  This is a quote I will hold onto throughout my career. 

Assessment of Children

I think children shouldn't be assessed or measured at all.  I think it causes a lot of stress to place measurements on them. I know many children who excel in different areas and they lose confidence in themselves when they begin to compare their assessments to others.  I know we have to track them in order to know how to teach and help them but what if the information we come across wasn't the "end all, be all" for judging success.  This way there isn't anything to compare and the child feels free to grow into themselves instead on being molded into what we think is a whole child. 

In China I know children are assessed my their academics.  There is huge amounts of pressure placed on the children at an early age to succeed in school.  They have to go through exams just to enter grade school.  Also children are taught to be very competitive with one another in order to motivate them to do their best.

After reading about how China assesses their children this is why I chose my opinion of not assessing children at all.  I could only imagine the pressure and the feeling of being a failure I wasn't able to succeed and be the best in school.