Although I was not successful in establishing
contact with an international early childhood professional, I did explore some
websites whereby I was able to still share my professional growth with my instructor
as well as my colleagues. I learned a great deal as well as enhanced my
knowledge of the early childhood field from exploring the following websites: http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/; http://www.worldbank.org and http://www.hcz.org,
I learned from an article that I read about a girl
wanting to stay home and go to school. The parent wanted her to leave school
and work because the family was a family of poverty .The girl threaten to take
her life, so with the help of the school administration ,they were able to get
funding from worldbank to pay for the child
to go to school and stay home. Ten dollars does not seem like much, but to this
family it is just like winning the lottery. Poverty is a very deep issue in the
international countries.
I learned that the international early childhood
field is just as strong if not stronger; they go above and beyond to make sure
that children are in quality program, just as we do here in the United Stated.
I learned that education is universally recognized as one of
the most fundamental building blocks for human development and poverty
reduction.
My one goal for the field related to international
awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations would be
to keep the line of communication open with our international contacts, with
our field being so diverse, our paths will inevitably crossed again at some
point in our lives. It would also be interesting to see how issues and trends
will change over the year, which is another reason I feel we should keep in
touch.
As we come to the end of this course, I want
to first Thank my instructor for her weekly guidance throughout this course. In
addition, to all my colleagues, thank you to those of you who challenged me
during our weekly group discussions, my wish is that as you continue on your
professional path you will continue to be advocates for all children and be
very successful in the early childhood field.
Sandra McNair
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