Build Confidence!

There are so many wonderful things that I can say about my grandfather, he did so many things to help others on their way.

I am thankful for everything that he did, but building my confidence was one of the best things that he could do for me.

Build confidence in your children. Build confidence in all children. Compliment them, stroke them, encourage them. Build them up out of a pure heart.

I totally disagree with high school administrators that over crowd advanced placement classes with "low achievers" just so they can say;" twenty or thirty percent of our students "take" AP classes".

Principals do not mislead parents and convince them that a "good" teacher can prepare your "low performing" student for the AP exam and teach them to READ! all in the same semester!

Principals do not encourage your faculty to pass undeserving students. Giving good grades to students that are clearly functionally illiterate is tantamount to a death sentence.

The child CAN study, the child CAN learn, if you make him. Set standards and keep them.

School systems do not over test, do not teach the test. Let real teachers TEACH. Do you really want to know if a teacher is teaching? Put cameras in every classrooms! Case closed. If there is ever a problem, review your video.

Care. Everyone should care about the status of our schools. Our children and teachers should be loved and nurtured.

It can be done. Clean house, blow some whistles.

Parents buy some educational toys. Read to YOUR children. Listen to them read. Listen to them, period.

It is not their color, your color, their teachers' color.

You know what it is, it's character. Get your head out of the "blame game" and put your head in a book.

Earn what you want.

Be a Blessing and be blessed. "Keep yourself up much as you can."

Remember, "Apart from Christ you are nothing."

Much Love, peace and Happiness,
Rachel