Believe in Education!

I just watched an extremely inspirational and powerful speech that Professor Langholz emailed us.  It was given by an extremely articulate young boy to a stadium full of people at a Dallas Independent School District conference.  Click on the following link to watch it http://www.dallasisd.org/keynote.htm .  This boy delivers a tremendously optimistic and moving speech about education.  Regardless of whether or not this student actually wrote this speech or just delivered it, the message is the same.  Teachers need to believe in their students.  Teachers need to believe in their fellow teachers and other school staff, faculty, and administration.  Students need to believe in their teachers.  All of these go hand in hand and I agree with this boy that every child is worth believing in and trying to help.  For many children, their only source of guidance and compassion is their teachers.  This is very sad and makes our job as teachers that much more powerful, important, and meaningful.