It is time we change our educational system to benefit all! Imagine an educational system where students follow their dreams and passions!

1. By : Carissa-Lynn Anderson
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2.  Imagine there's no heaven  You may say I'm a dreamer
It's easy if you try But I'm not the only one
No hell below us I hope someday you'll join us
Above us only sky And the world will be as one
Imagine all the people
Living for today... Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
Imagine there's no countries No need for greed or hunger
It isn't hard to do A brotherhood of man
Nothing to kill or die for Imagine all the people
And no religion too Sharing all the world...
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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3.  It is time we change our educational system
to benefit all!
◦ Our educational system hasn’t changed in 125
years.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni75vIE4vdk)
 According to Richard Strong we should focus
our education more on our students dreams
and passions. We as educators should help
them overcome the obstacles that will get in
the way of their dreams.
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4.  “We do have children in our schools whose
cognitive abilities far surpass those of their
peers, and we simply must serve these
students educationally! This can be done
through differentiation, compacting,
independent study, and acceleration
combined with enrichment.” (Callard-Szulgit,
2003, p. 3).
 Let’s help our students by creating
curriculum that is relevant to their abilities
and interests.
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5.  I imagine a school where all students…
◦ are part of their learning.
◦ students have a say and teach each other.
◦ network and learn from other adults besides the teacher.
◦ follow their dreams and passions.
◦ work together and learn that we all are important and
connected in someway!
 Education should focus more on aesthetic learning-
When senses are operating at their optimal peak.
 “We should be wakening them(students) up to what is
inside of themselves.”
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U )
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6.  We are lucky. We live in a world where we can
connect to 2 billion people with the touch of
our fingers to a computer.
 If we help our students network and learn to
connect to the world, I believe great things
will come!
 It is time we let our students be part of the
educational system and let the educator
advise them on how to make their dreams
come true!
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7.  Imagine that we are all working together to
benefit all!
 If we listen and share, we can build a better
educational system and a happier world!
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8.  Richard Strong - The Last Workshop - The
Long Way Around
 Song - Imagine by John Lennon –Lyrics from
http://www.lyrics007.com/John%20Lennon%2
0Lyrics/Imagine%20Lyrics.html
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDG
pL4U
 Callard-Szulgit, R. (2003). Parenting and
Teaching the Gifted. Baltimore, MD: Rowman
and Littlefield.
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