I haven't blogged in SO long. Life has been interesting, full of all sorts of surprises that's for sure. Lately I've really been thinking about ones lot in life. Where are we to be, and do we as a society push people to be more than what they are capable of, constantly setting them up for failure.

Let me elaborate. Working in the school system, it is my job to get those kids through, help them to pass and get a high school diploma, and I think that a high school diploma is so necessary to live in our society. But lately I've changed my ideals a little, I've been thinking that maybe instead of pushing them to meet OUR standards, we need to push these kids to meet some other sort of standard, maybe a moral standard, maybe a personal standard, a standard that instead of pushing them to do something that they may never use in their life, pushing them to be the best person they can be. Encouraging their talents instead of knocking them because they don't conform to our standards.

For instance, someone who is a good hard worker is going to go way farther in life than someone who is book smart but has no desire to work. And someone who loves is going to go way farther than anyone who doesn't know how to let anyone close.

I remember when I quit university, I did it entirely for myself, because I thought it was the right thing to do, very few people understood why I was doing it, mainly because I wasn't willing to offer an explanation because it was my decision, but also because I knew that I'd have the pressure of society saying that you are a nobody until you have that piece of paper saying you are a somebody. But I waited it out, waited for God to give me the go ahead in going back to school, and now, I'm right where I wanted to be in the first place, I'm helping kids, just like I wanted to in the first place, maybe my lot wasn't to be a teacher, but instead as an educational assistant, I can help these kids believe in themselves and that's the most important part of being an educator. And the most fulfilling part. Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing that kid in 5 years and knowing because you were in their life, they became the best that they can be.

Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is: It's so much more important for us as individuals to believe in ourselves, to believe that no matter who we are in life be it lower class to upper class, we need to be content with what we have but always strive to be our best. And for some our best might not mean that we can be a CEO of a company, but our best might mean that we are gonna be making less than 20,000 a year and yet, we'll be the best mom a child will ever have in life.

Just some thoughts!