Ranking of readings, 1-5 11.26.13 (#1 best, #5 least)
#1 - Gift of grit
I think this is one of the best things to instill in children, grit. But it is the teaching of "character" to get to the grit. I agree with Tough who says, "If you want success, build character and the rest will follow".
#2 - A real education
This goes along with "building character". If you build "kindness, caring, empathy" they are "social and emotional skills" which will help bring children into "adulthood".
#3 - Critical Thinking
To build critical thinking is very important in the life of all humans. But it has been crushed down. We should be like the children who "come into the world of wonder and language consumed with a desire for knowledge" who become "relentless interrogators".
#4 - Children, Arts
It is really hard to put this as my #4, where it could be #3. It is important to have the arts, as they do build that character of "creativity" without "creativity" I believe we would all be dull beings.
#5 - Arizona Bans
Again, this is hard to put it as #5. All children deserve to know who they are, what their culture is, and how it became. To have it all in the "political arena" is terrible. I liked the statement that said, "you can silence my voice but never my spirit". In reference to the 80 students protesting the ban on their program.
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