The Comeback Kid Strikes Again

The DEC professional development and preparation has an ideal that encourages me to pursue the early childhood field. It says, " we shall continually be aware of issue challenging the field of early childhood special education and advocate for changes in laws, regulations, and policies leading to improved outcomes and services for young children with disabilities and their families." All children should be given a chance and as practitioners, we are their" social change," Professionally, I look forward to the challenges, and hope one day to show my support for the early childhood in the political arena.

Ethical Responsibilities to Children in the NAEYC, reflect my aspirations as a practitioner. One of the ideals in this section was"to advocate for and ensure that all children, including those with special needs, have access to the support services needed to be successful." (NAEYC, 2005) Children need someone to advocate for there needs and follow up on their progress. It is meaningful to do this in the sense, that success will follow for that child if, we the practitioner, follow through. In my professional life, this ideal is very significant, because, after I advocate and ensure that a need has been fulfilled, I will see the success of that child later in life. Ethical Responsibilities to Families in the NAEYC, also reflect my aspirations as a practitioner. The ideal" to develop relationships of mutual trust and create partnerships with the families we serve," (NAEYC, 2005) means a lot to me because, the child needs support from all adults, even

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“In this eloquent speech to the full Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African American leaders struggling for equal rights. The speech was made on Monday, March 15, 1965, a week after deadly racial violence had erupted in Selma, Alabama, as African Americans were attacked by police while preparing to march to Montgomery to protest voting rights discrimination. That discrimination took the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African Americans to keep them from ever registering to vote.” (Johnson, The History Place - Great Speeches Collection: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965) “In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. Most of our qualified teachers are underpaid, and many of our paid teachers are unqualified. So we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from pove

My mother and father nurtured and cared about me when I was a child. I could never repay them for all they have done for me and still doing. Melvin Jackson, my father always spent time with me despite the fact he was in the Army. Maxcine Jackson, my mother, made me feel she has a special place in her heart for just me, her son. Melvin Jr., my oldest brother, would give me good wise advice when I was a child. Paul, my second to the oldest brother, taught me about how important an education is, and he teaches in Maryland. Ron, my youngest oldest brother, took me everywhere he went because he did the most babysitting for my mom. He even took me on his secret dates that my mom did no know about, because he had to babysit me. Today, I see them on a constant daily basis and they still give me advice and I apply that advice to my own family.

"Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives." - Maya Angelou

Elmer by David McKee - A great story about diversity, and celebrating your unique personality.

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."  Fredrick Douglas

My passion is like my shadow . "It's always with me." I am finding ways that my passion will help me to be successful. Larry D. Jackson ECHS

I would like to reflect on my first week of class. It reminds me of how light reflects through our eyes by turning what is dark to light. When we are ask to reflect as educators we try to bring things that are in the dark to light. Larry D. Jackson

 One day I was in my classroom and it was time for recess. I let the children go out with an assistant, and just before I went outside I get a phone call. My grandmother needed me to come back home. I hung up the phone and sat in the dark classroom to regain my composure. One of my students came back in the room because he had forgot something. He saw me sitting at my desk alone,in the dark and said " everything is going to be alright Mr. Jackson." Hearing this from my student, was just what I needed to hear at the right time. Yes a child does show caring in their own way.