Intelligence Testing

I feel a commitment to the healthy habits of a child’s life should be viewed holistically. These habits are something they learn from parents, teachers and peers. This is why we must surround children with who are more like them whether it’s based on race, health issues or sex, it helps make them more amenable to taking care of themselves. Just like everything else in a child’s beginning healthy habits need to be addressed and taken care of in an attempt of early intervention.

In Brazil instead of attending school in their school age period, most children are considered street children who sell fruit, candy and other products to earn their living. Of course working in the streets meant that they did not spend much time in school or even worse never attended school in the first place. If they did happen to be tested they scored poorly on most standard math achievement tests. This is no surprise, but is a very sad realization.

I feel as our children begin to grow, we need to take more time out to teach and nurture them. This is the time period where children really begin to see what’s going on in their worlds and begin to make their own perceptions of “life as they know it”. It is up to us as teachers and parents to help guide them. I am completely excited to make sure an impact on a child’s life. I feel as though this is my purpose in life.