Getting to Know Your
International Contacts—Part 3
Over the weeks in
this course Raissa has given me some good insight on the practices there in
Toga. It makes me so much more
curious. I do think that some of our
conversation gets lost or confused in translation. Raissa's government has not really invested
into Toga's early childhood educational push.
After hearing about a government that doesn't do much for children or
their people makes me appreciate the United States and the efforts that a
government like ours does make.
Raissa states that
there isn’t a huge government concern when it comes to education there in
Toga. The concern is mostly on a
community level. The quality of early
childhood education is poor there. The
well-being of a child there isn’t a big concern health or educational
wise. More of the emphasis’ in regards
to education is put on the latter years of schooling. Issues that the people in the communities try
to address are over-sized classrooms, funding for resources such as books,
paper, crayons…etc. There is not much
money to pay the teachers too.
To become a
teacher at any level you do have to attend school at a University. Once you attend school at the university you
can then teach in a classroom. There are
some families who keep children in the neighborhood. However it is more to just watch the
children, and not really teach them. The
children do pick up some life skills by helping around the house.
Raissa said that
her professional goal is to raise awareness of the importance of teaching the
children young. In addition to keep
doing the job that she does. Teach the
children, give them a sense of belonging, in some cases being a positive adult
figure in their lives.
Raissa stated that
some of her dreams include being paid more; not for her own financially
gain. Raissa said that she uses a lot of
her own money to do for the children. So
if she had more money she’d be able to do even more. Raissa will hope that one day her government
would not be so corrupt and many changes will be done when it comes to overall
education in Toga.
Hi Sherry,
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful to know that Raissa has a passion for what she is doing because it is hard enough to teach when one has everything one needs to teach, but when one is faced with little to nothing, the task can become daunting. I truly hope for better times in her government.
Sherry, your dialogue with Raissa was very interesting to read. Her dedication is evident, and she gives us a good picture of early care and education issues in Toga. For all the problems we have with our government, they pale in comparison to the corruption that is found in other places around the world. Reading your post, the disconnect between government action on early childhood education and the needs of the community really stands out. Thank you for sharing this informative post. -Susan
ReplyDeleteSherry,
ReplyDeleteIt saddens me that early childhood education is poor in Toga. Its great that Raissa has a goal to raise awarness about early childhood education. I wonder what else can be done to help the qualtiy of early childhood education. Its great that you are able to keep in contact with Raissa. I was unable to make cotact with any one. Thank you for sharing.
Sherry,
ReplyDeleteI did not know that early childhood was like in Toga. We are very bless in America when it comes to early childhood. I have learn a lot in this post. This is a great post.
Sherry,
ReplyDeleteYou have really taught me something about your post regarding Toga. It is sad that children all over the world do not get the same opportunities as others. Everyone needs to know how important early childhood education is and stop putting it on the back burner. Great post!
our government is corrupt also. It is sad to see that other people are worse off than we are because I think that we are pretty bad off. It is nice to know that you have made contact with someone and able to share the information with us.
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