Last night my mother shared with me that her only regret in life is not having gotten a college degree. Back in 1960 Iran, she had won a spot in the very competitive higher education system's lottery and was studying social work when she met my father and married. No one, not even my progressively minded father, questioned her choice to leave her studies for a life dedicated to her husband and children. No one pointed out to her that she could finish her studies and then start her family, or that she could finish her studies, stay home with her children when they were young and then pursue a career, as I have done.
Our role as teachers is changing drastically and dramatically. We are no longer needed to provide knowledge to our students but to show them how to use that knowledge. We are no longer the repository of all answers but the source of good and hard questions that push our students to think critically. And most of all we are the ones who are responsible for recognizing the potential in each and every child and being the one who questions their choices to drop out or to give up.
Our role as teachers is changing drastically and dramatically. We are no longer needed to provide knowledge to our students but to show them how to use that knowledge. We are no longer the repository of all answers but the source of good and hard questions that push our students to think critically. And most of all we are the ones who are responsible for recognizing the potential in each and every child and being the one who questions their choices to drop out or to give up.
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