"A comfort zone
is a Beautiful Place,
but nothing ever GROWS there"
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Kali's Last Day of Kindergarten
I'm on the fence about this... While so many families celebrated promotions or graduations, Kali's school did not do any of this. Last year at least they tried a bit harder... I am sad about it. I really hate that each year kids get less and less of experiences that would fill them with pride. The trend towards caring about tests and nothing about quality of everything else keeps on. I understand the hard work that teachers do... I can also imagine they must feel the same kind of frustration as well, being tied up by a system that expects that kids have less play and more work... As if a 4 or 5 year old was made to be a soldier... I applaud the effort towards instruction, but real education is left behind.
I grew up going to a Catholic school. For Pre-K and K I went to Colegio Episcopal San Andres. From 1 to 12, I went to Academia Inmaculada Concepcion. My experience was filled with weekly activities, "parties de marquesina", volunteering at the chapel, volunteering at the library, missionary works, spelling bee, creative essays, poetry competitions, painting competitions, making murals for... you name it... So many things... So many activities that would become the building bricks of who I am, why I am here... I have never doubted my self. I have always known who I am. It is something that I know had to do with my journey of academic achievements and life beyond the books. This was the experience for my classmates as well. My class to this date is made of people who are achievers, people who are caring and people who makes a difference. I give credit of this to the building blocks that allowed us to get to know ourselves, and to never doubt that we could do anything.
I hope that this is something that changes... I hope that we can make a change so Kali can have the opportunity of experiences that I had, or better. I am at a loss here, as we are literally stuck with no real power to decide until perhaps 8 months from now... I don't loose hope. "Don't despair if the road is long, if you just don't stop, you will get to the end".
I grew up going to a Catholic school. For Pre-K and K I went to Colegio Episcopal San Andres. From 1 to 12, I went to Academia Inmaculada Concepcion. My experience was filled with weekly activities, "parties de marquesina", volunteering at the chapel, volunteering at the library, missionary works, spelling bee, creative essays, poetry competitions, painting competitions, making murals for... you name it... So many things... So many activities that would become the building bricks of who I am, why I am here... I have never doubted my self. I have always known who I am. It is something that I know had to do with my journey of academic achievements and life beyond the books. This was the experience for my classmates as well. My class to this date is made of people who are achievers, people who are caring and people who makes a difference. I give credit of this to the building blocks that allowed us to get to know ourselves, and to never doubt that we could do anything.
I hope that this is something that changes... I hope that we can make a change so Kali can have the opportunity of experiences that I had, or better. I am at a loss here, as we are literally stuck with no real power to decide until perhaps 8 months from now... I don't loose hope. "Don't despair if the road is long, if you just don't stop, you will get to the end".
Friday, June 3, 2016
Work Work Work
Kali's birthday will be celebrated, of course. Hopefully will be able to take her to T-Rex... We know she will have a blast. Besides this, may juggle a bit of beach for the prescribed sunbathing, and for a bit of soul healing.
Being Magical is not easy, but it is not a path for the faint of heart...
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