All too often when we talk about our education system you hear the negative. Now, do we have work to do to improve how we educate our children, YES! But that is always ongoing work we must evaluate and improve. Today will not be the day I will discuss that. Today I want to saluteContinue reading “Dignity: Teachers the Cultivators of Dignity”
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Dignity: This is Me
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out This is brave, this is bruised This is who I’m meant to be, this is me Look out cause here I come And I’m marching on to the beat I drum I’m not scared to be seen I make no apologies, this isContinue reading “Dignity: This is Me “
Dignity: The Power of Education
Today, May 31, 2024, I will have the honor of delivering the commencement address for Berkshire Community College (BCC). I graduated from BCC’s nursing program back in 1995. As a matter of fact, the day of my nursing pinning ceremony was May 29, 1995, the day of the Great Barrington, Ma tornado which was twenty-nine yearsContinue reading “Dignity: The Power of Education “
Dignity: Teachers Can Change the World
“A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!” Unknown Last night I had the honor of speaking at the Berkshire Community College (BCC) Nursing Pinning ceremony. It was an honor to be chosen to speak, but it also brought back memories of being on that stage twenty-nine years ago when I wasContinue reading “Dignity: Teachers Can Change the World”
Dignity: It is Better to Give
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King We all have challenges in our lives and depending on the size of those challenges it dictates how we interact in the world. I have had some struggles that I have shared in my posts andContinue reading “Dignity: It is Better to Give “