One of the most touching things I remember from teaching was a phrase the KG2 teacher, Mr. Richard (who was actually only NINETEEN, and we still called him Mr. Richard. Weird.) had his kids repeat. It's a quote that they attribute to one of their presidents, but that I've seen from various authors. It goes:
"When you educate a boy, you educate an individual. When you educate a girl, you educate a family. When you educate a family, you educate a country."
This is touching on so many levels. First of all, hearing so many little voices assert this was just... breathtaking, for me, at least. Second, it was a MALE teacher who was ensuring that these children grow up realizing the importance of girls' education. It reminded me of a movement called "The Girl Effect." One of my professors last fall showed us their promotion, and it was SO AWESOME. If I haven't made you watch it yet, please take the time to look at it, it's so cool, from both a people-perspective and just pure advertising genius, haha:
http://www.girleffect.org/
Enjoy!
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