Words of Inspriation and Motivation

September 28, 2011
This week as I thought about words of inspiration and motivation, several things came to mind .  As I thought about it more, I began to sense a deeper meaning and connection in everything I was thinking about related to inspiration and motivation. In the video, "The Passion for Early Childhood" we viewed during week 2, the words of Louise Derman-Sparks resonated with me. When she talked about why she ended up in Early Childhood she stated " I knew I wanted to make a real contribution in the world and fix all the in justices in the world.  Teaching would allow me to do that."  Renatta Cooper states " Early Childhood Education as a civil rights issue.  It is equity work."  In aditional research on another major contributor the the field of Early Childhood, Dr. Edward Zigler  is quoted " I have  a built-in empathy for poor children as well as a deep belief based on my own life, that just because you're poor that doesn't mean you're inadequate." How powerful these words are. For me  it is the essence of the work I want to be involved in. We help make a difference not only for the children in our classrooms today but also for children in the future. It really is about contributing to the great good when we have a positive impact through our work on children and families.