My comment:
Just today, I was speaking about 'each one, teach one'. If everyone one taught just one person, we would be a greater world. As you said, if we touch one person then that person will forever be affected in a way that will cause them to teach someone else and pass on the message. A teacher is only as successful as the student who teaches someone else. Not only has the message penetrated, but the student was so affected, he or she decided to impact the life of another. That is the meaning of true education. I know that it seems that statistics are high for the students not reached; however, we must hold to the belief that the statistics are higher for students that have been reached.
Kenya,
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly. One of the amazing things I find is that there are those students that I know I have made a difference with either from observation or feedback from the student or parent. However, its the surprising stories that really pierce you. The quiet student or the one that seemed to never listen, when those stories of triumph come to you it makes you want to keep picking up the starfish and throwing them back in the sea. It matters to "this one"!