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Role Models for Students
Three elementary school teachers in Los Angeles were recently suspended because of their poor choices of role models as part of Black History Month. As part of the black history celebration, all teachers at the school were asked to choose an African-American role model. How about these for choices – O.J. Simpson, currently in prison; Dennis Rodman, the controversial ex-basketball player; and RuPaul, the transvestite entertainer. Interestingly, the three teachers were white males. We guess they’ve never heard of President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Alice Walker, Jackie Robinson, and so many other positive choices.
Children are exposed almost daily to stories of criminal activities and political corruption. Teachers should make every effort to make their students aware of positive events and good people. Role models are an important way of providing children with inspiration and self-confidence. When presenting role models, we are explicitly encouraging children to emulate these models. The stupidity of the three teachers cited above is not representative of the teaching profession. We applaud the Los Angeles Unified School District’s strong action.
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2) Creativity is a blessing from nature but we can develop it by careful planning through education. This is all the more important in a country like USA where we accept even the mediocre to contribute their best and create something new.
Hence, it is necessary that parents and teachers provide healthy conditions at home and the school. This would enable children to express themselves and contribute something new for the society, which may be termed as creativity……….
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