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Reflection

The quotes below have guided me for many years, scribbled in notebooks in college, displayed on my bulletin board at my office, or simply tucked between the pages of my writer’s journal-no matter how visible they were physically at times, they are part of my own on-going journey of what it means to be an educator. They inform my practice and my thought in many ways.

Lately, my work centers around reflection on teaching practice and what it means to teach critically, passionately and with the wisdom to learn from others and reflect on one’s own practice. Once again some of these quotes inspire and in light of my own continued journey, I am adding Albert Camus’ statement.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead, Anthropologist

Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be unlocked from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.
-- Marilyn Ferguson, Educator and Writer

Creativity requires the freedom to consider the "unthinkable" alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.
-- John Gardner, Leadership Writer

There is no happiness if the things we believe in are different than the things we do.
-- Albert Camus, Philosopher, Writer

The journey continues,

Patricia