January 30, 2005

Mentoring Youth

readEducation today has lost sight of the ultimate goal of education. Our society rewards the hoarding of position, power and wealth, rather than the ability to create new wealth. For an educator, the ultimate goal should be replacing yourself in your position, in order to free up your time for bigger and better things.
ThisLooking at the big picture as a mentor bringing along a student - I want my butterflies to take wings to tell me that I've done well as a teacher. A good student should always surpass her teachers in the student's chosen fields of interest.

Sometimes a step backwards is an opportunity to move forwards


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