This past few weeks, I have attended several college and high school graduation ceremonies. There was one in particular that made me realize how important it is for adults to be involved in children's lives that aren't your own. I was at a graduation and unfortunately because not everyone followed the proper etiquette and decorum for a graduation ceremony; several parents didn't get to see their child graduate because they were escorted out of the ceremony by the police for their inappropriate behavior. In addition, those of us who observed the etiquette and decorum for the ceremony, didn't fully get to enjoy the celebration of the huge milestone in the child's live we were there to celebrate because of those individuals.
This incident made me realize that although many of us where blessed to have wonderful parents that instilled in us for the lack of a better term good home training, so we don't act a fool in public; not everyone was blessed with that. So I know that I normally talk about preparing children for stem careers; but we can't always do that if we don't do some basic mentoring to the individual. We don't invest in a child's live because we assume that their parent's are doing something wrong, because just like every parent does when raising a child they are doing the best they know how. It is about exposing children to different experiences, different behaviors and mindsets and teaching them different skills sets that will give them an opportunity to be all they can be in life and do all that they want to do. That is truly "unveiling potential through exposure" at its most basic level.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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