For my last blog assignment for the course Perspectives on Diversity and Equity, I was assigned to answer the following questions:

One hope that you have when you think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds:

With the knowledge that I have acquired about diversity and equity in mind, I hope that I will be able to be a non-bias and accepting early childhood educator to all of my students and their parents.

One goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice:

A goal that I would like to set for the early childhood field is to heighten awareness of teachers of their personal biases. I would like to continue to research ways to improve my understanding of diversity and the early childhood education field.  I hope to find a way to be a part of heightening global awareness of the importance of acceptance of all people.

A brief note of thanks to your colleagues:

I would like to thank my colleagues for a great semester. I have learned so much from your comments and discussions. I have enjoyed reading your blog posts during this course. I have appreciated your insights into the field of early childhood education.

I would like to close this final post with the following quote:

"Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another." -- Marva Collins