Dreams
At our school, each teacher is responsible for designing the grade level bulletin board once a month — my mentor teacher is responsible for January. Last week, my mentor teacher and I came up together with the idea of structuring the board around Dr. King titling it “Our Dreams for the World,” and having our 3rd graders write their dreams for the world to display on the bulletin board.
As I walked around the class and talked with the students as they decided what to write, I became aware that this exercise was not just an assignment, but a moment to glimpse inside of their inner worlds. They care about taking care of the earth, the homeless, and peace. As young as they are, they can see injustice and want more for this world, want more for their own futures.
Reflecting on this activity leaves me with the same question and the same resolve. Whatever resources I have, whatever people are placed in my path, I want to labor and endeavor to see some of their dreams made reality… to effect change somehow in the spheres and environments where I am placed. This my dream.
