The new provincial curriculum gives me so much hope and happiness for the experiences that BC students will have in the foundational years of their lifelong learning adventures. It is my hope that all students graduating high school will leave their final year with many of the same attributes and skills they began discovering in kindergarten. They will have formed relationships with peers and teachers that make them feel safe to explore new ideas and express themselves freely and confidently. They will have learned how to learn, so that they can continue exploring the passions they have realized along the way and the new ones they are yet to discover. They will not feel fear when they meet a new challenge, but rather excitement at the opportunity to gain new skills and show the world their potential. They will know that their education is their own. No one can take it away or tell them what it should look like. They will know that singing, dancing, painting and laughing are as important as studying, working and making money. In adulthood, they will know how to take care of their whole selves because their teachers took care of them as a whole child. They will know what’s right and what’s wrong and when to use their own voice to speak up for others who cannot speak up for themselves. They will live their lives responsibly, understanding how their own actions can affect others, in their families, in their communities and throughout the world. They will know how to be kind and patient and that it is best to ask questions rather than make assumptions when they happen across something or someone they do not understand. They will be critical and compassionate thinkers. And, most importantly, they will know and respect themselves because their teachers took the time to get to know them and respect them for whom they are.
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AuthorMs. Rycroft is currently enrolled in the post bacc B.Ed. programme at Vancouver Island University. Archives
October 2018
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