Deeply Felt Learnings

I really enjoyed the diversity course in this program. During the diversity course, I discovered some of the hardships that others had experienced because of their unique diversity. Later, in an adult teaching course, I had the opportunity of interviewing one of my colleagues who was of a more privileged background. I discovered, however, that she too had overcome some very difficult hardships.

From this course, I gained confidence in my own ability to design a program!

In one of my Walden courses, I discovered the link between pretending and learning to read. Both pretending and reading use symbols to create meaning.

I learned about intergenerational programs in my adult learning theories course!

Goals

I would like to start an intergenerational day care.

I would love to pay off my student loan!

Farewell Message

Dr. E.,

You are a great cheerleader! Thank you for all the encouragement. I wish you much success in your passion of igniting the passion of others!

My Colleagues,

I only knew you for this course because I took a year off to lower my stress and help my kidneys and heart murmur. Thank you so much especially for your encouragement. Thank you for allowing me to see the various places you work and your various passions! Thank you for helping me think deeply about my project!

Favorite Quotes

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”

– Maria Montessori

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

– Frederick Douglass

“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”

– Stacia Tauscher

“Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.”

– Marilyn Jager Adams

I am a big reader and a bigger read a louder. Liz Thomas