As adults we have a very important role to play in the lives of our children’s live, what they will believe today and what they will become as a result of those beliefs tomorrow.
When they see and hear us complain and even cower against the troubles and difficulties of this world, they begin to lose their ability to dream and believe big and begin to dream and believe in themselves less.
When we stand up for what’s right and stop the train of what is in its tracks we teach them to do the same.
I’ve made a deal with my principal (who is just trying to follow the rules given to her). Once I get the students to the curriculum-approved target Level of 3, I can work with them on my School of Athens life-changing levels 4-10.
I’ll tell these new students that I’ll meet in one week that all we have to do is learn and grow to the minimum level of achievement before we can go to the much higher levels.
Stand strong and stop the Level 1 train, the Level 2 train, and the Level 3 train.
Now you get to become a superhero and learn to stop the Level 4, 5, 6, etc trains until you become so strong that you’re picking them up and throwing them across the sky.
****They can’t see themselves doing this until they see the adults around them doing it.
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