Potential

This year's Little League World Series had some magical "behind the scenes"stories last month in addition to some great baseball from South Chicago to girls pitching 70 mph! Then, an article by Sally Jenkins on the topic was published in The Washington Post. It concluded:

"For a few brief days, Mo'ne Davis caused some powerful men to think in a different way about sport, to see exciting new potential in a little girl. She was so viscerally striking that she shifted their perceptions of female capacities. Maybe that will lead them in turn to another visceral perception: of how much female aspiration gets suffocated daily by inevitable narrowing of access, opportunity and attention and the small, deadening, devaluing assumption that because her body isn't as big as a man's, her talent, by definition, can't be as important."

Sally Jenkins raises some valid points, but there are even larger questions to be asked: How, when, where, and why do parents, teachers, and communities limit the possibilities and opportunities for all children--not just girls in sports or science or leadership and not just boys in writing, arts, or social skills? Can we think differently?

There could be limits in experiences,

language

education,

athletics,

parenting values,

economics,

hopes,

and dreams--ours,

and their own.

Parents and teachers are cheerleaders, emotions coaches, and keepers of dreams!

"Open your hearts, fling your hopes high, set your dreams aloft. I am here to hold your hand."

                                                                                                   --Maya Angelou

Maria Montessori said the goal of education is "to educate the human potential." Join us to honor the potential in every student this year by nurturing endless possibilities.

Welcome to Montessori at The Woods!