Schapiro wrote:
> I think that in 2001 the best question to ask is "how do you
> maximize opportunity and achievement for those with fewer advantages?"
>
Let me toss this in then: EVERY adult has the responsibility
to be a cheerleader for children with whom he or she comes
in contact. Ergo, when you are in a position to make even a
small difference in the lives of kids "with fewer
advantages," you have to do it. If you have the ability to
fund Bucks for Brains for example, then you fund it for kids
who are not getting good grades, but for kids who are
getting Ds and Fs.
When the Ds and Fs turn to Cs and Ds, you turn over the
bucks, and you congratulate the dickens out of them for the
work THEY did to improve their own lives--with ceremony, and
positive attention. Guaranteed, the following report card,
the Cs and Ds will go to Bs and Cs, and etc. By the end of a
school year, bright kids with narry an advantage to their
names will come in with noticeable and appreciable
differences in outlook, grades, and sills to go forward--but
only if you keep cheering for the small gains they make at
any given time.
And always respect them, something very few are willing to
do with kids.
So, adults, pompoms at the ready....
WizardMarks, Central
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