Building Better Dreams Video Transcription

“I think the school district is doing a really good job of moving forward. I think with the 12 pillars, I think that is excellent, and I think Dr. Sanders is doing a great job of involving the community, with the Parent Summit that he had, and just coming to the schools and doing meetings and inviting the parents in and asking questions and answering questions. I think that’s a great way to get the whole community involved.”

“I teach in the social studies wing, I know that he taught in the wing that I teach in. From the same hallway, from the same department, and I definitely feel a connection and I definitely feel a tremendous amount of confidence in he’s leading us.”

“He’s taking us in the right direction. In 5 years I feel that we will be one of the leading districts, in 10 years we will be the leading district in the area.”

“As far as community, you know, businesses that partner up with the school system, the religious community that partner up with the school system basically sends the message that we’re all here for the children.”

“This is a partnership, and that I can’t do this by myself, the kids cannot do it by themselves, and the parents cannot do this by themselves.”

“You have to take your instrument home and reinforce what you learn in the classroom, and bring it back and improve, so we need parent’s support, as in hey did you bring your violin home this week, and are you practicing”

“I think it’s important to have support from my parents because if you’re stuck on a question, they’re always right by you to help you.”

“My Mom, encourages me to finish my work and try my best in school.”

“Technology is extremely important. The students today would rather use the iPad to read form than a book. They use a computer to do everything any more, they all have cell phones so in order to connect to my students we have to use technology daily.”

“I think they help us learn because you can look up websites, and on the websites they give you lots of information.”

“Because the internet is smarter than people.”

“We have iPads in the classroom but their currently being fixed.”

“So there are things that they still need to use a desktop computer for and I have two computers in my room, one of which doesn’t work.”

“We call it the cove, I’m in the stairway, it’s where the kids come in in the morning from outside, and so they walk right through, into the hallway. I have no heat, so this winter, my kids have had to wear their winter coats which is a distraction.”

“Education is more than just being able to read a book, or do math facts, but it’s a hunger to always want to be a lifelong learner, and that’s what I hope my students are when they leave my room, that they have that hunger.”

“It’s more than just a diploma. You want to be happy with your life, and you want to have a good education that way you can pick what you want to do when you grow up. You don’t want to be forced because you didn’t get a good education, or that you didn’t have the training that you needed into a certain job or career that you’re in long term not going to be happy with. You know I feel very lucky to be a teacher. I wake up every day very happy to come to work, to come to school, and I try to explain that to the kids. I worked hard, there were struggles along the way, but I’m doing what I love, and that’s really the most important thing for kids, find what you love, work at it hard, and then you’ll be rewarded because you’ll get to have a job doing what you love every day.”

“If you’re building a bridge or something, I want to be the person that makes the bridge.”

“I love business, I want to own my own business, I want to do whatever I can.”

“Like making apps and stuff, because it mostly makes a lot of money too and it’s very simple, at least in my experience.”

“I want to be a professional baseball player because I really love baseball.”

“I want to be a computer design for games and stuff.”

“Harriet Tubman. I want to be like Harriet Tubman.”

“Because it’s nice, and I want to be a nice person.”