_Thank you to Dr. Scott Bray, my Integrated Technology professor in the Teacher Licensure Program at the University of Richmond. His class taught me to bravely embrace new teaching technologies, and I am thankful to have more tools in my educator tool kit to help me motivate and inspire my students.
Thank you to all of my University of Richmond professors in the Teacher Licensure Program, offered through the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and to all my amazing educator peers.
And deepest gratitude for my family, who continue to lovingly support me on my journey as an educator. Special thanks to my son and budding historian Wyatt. He and I began exploring this subject during our year of "guerrilla education"/home school for his fifth grade year (2010 - 2011).
To all: remember the wisdom of the African deity Eshu Elegba, called the Lord of the Crossroads. It is said that Eshu will meet you at the crossroads and challenge you to become who you truly are. According to Yoruba tradition, he is present where there is change and evolution. He is a trickster, but he opens and closes the doors to opportunity; he provides the means for transformation and offers you choices. The present is a crossroads, a place where the past directs us and takes us to our shared future. It is my hope that educators like myself can challenge the next generation to be mindful of this connection, and in so doing, teach our students to develop their intellectual curiosity and make deeper connections to the world around them.
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Thank you to all of my University of Richmond professors in the Teacher Licensure Program, offered through the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and to all my amazing educator peers.
And deepest gratitude for my family, who continue to lovingly support me on my journey as an educator. Special thanks to my son and budding historian Wyatt. He and I began exploring this subject during our year of "guerrilla education"/home school for his fifth grade year (2010 - 2011).
To all: remember the wisdom of the African deity Eshu Elegba, called the Lord of the Crossroads. It is said that Eshu will meet you at the crossroads and challenge you to become who you truly are. According to Yoruba tradition, he is present where there is change and evolution. He is a trickster, but he opens and closes the doors to opportunity; he provides the means for transformation and offers you choices. The present is a crossroads, a place where the past directs us and takes us to our shared future. It is my hope that educators like myself can challenge the next generation to be mindful of this connection, and in so doing, teach our students to develop their intellectual curiosity and make deeper connections to the world around them.
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We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is granted for others to use and modify this WebQuest for educational, non-commercial purposes as long as the original authorship is credited. The modified WebQuest may be shared only under the same conditions. See the Creative Commons Attribution • Non-Commercial• Share-Alike license for details.