Today I worked in the take home library/skills room. I had 6 students come in for discipline. While I was in there, I picked out a book, 'Helen Kellers Biography.' Off and on it took me the day to read it. What a life she led. Very inspiring about her and Annie Sullivan. So much love, determination, and struggles. Amazing example. I wrote down 3 quotes that impressed me. "Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge and love enter the mind of a child." -Annie Sullivan And then from Helen Keller, "Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved." "The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse." We all have our moments of despair and discouragement but it's what we do with it that determines where we end up. I am grateful for the things I read and experienced today at work. The children that came in for various reasons- puting a book in a urinal, twisting a boys arm. (1st grader) not doing assinments in classroom (3rd grader) throwing snowballs (1st grader) not respecting self or others (3rd grader)
putting a friend in a headlock because he had his chair (6th grader) I'm grateful for this children who are my teacher. Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.-Phyllis Theroux We all make mistakes in our lives. It's what we learn from them that teaches us wisdom and helps us to help others. Grateful.
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