Not to brag, but I still remember how to say cat and pants from high school Spanish. Impressive, right? Needless to say, my preparation for being a public school teacher was woefully short in language dexterity.
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Fast forward 15 years into my educational career and I enroll my oldest son in a Spanish immersion school. I love that my blue-eyed, blond hair boy can launch into a real conversation with people who I cannot communicate with on my own.
But I realize now that I missed an opportunity to increase my influence over the children and families who were in my classroom.
One way I can do better in educating my children.
The more I observe public education from the closeness of the system level, but a distance from my own classroom, the more I realize it was less content and more the relationships which was important to developing children. I know there were times I put content over relationships. I regret that. My boys will stay in a place where relationships, current and future, are valued.