Saturday, June 7, 2008

A Bit about Me: My Interest in Education

I feel like telling the world a little bit about myself. I think I will do this in bits and pieces because I don’t think I can cover everything about me in just one short post.

It is well known among those who know me that I enjoy working with young children. However, few know that I devote a large portion of my free time reading up and learning more about child development and anything related to the education of young children (ECE & Primary). Studying the designs of quality things made especially for young children is also another thing that I have liked to do since I was quite young. Because I can’t afford to buy everything I like out there, I try to make simple educational materials from home. I will show off some of these homemade materials when the other blog is up and running.

The interests I mentioned above are no secret but because I do not socialise very well, they normally don’t get a mention. I think that most people do not understand why someone like me would be so interested in education since I do not have any children of my own right now. I have already been asked if I was clucky from someone who just didn’t know when to bite her tongue. Mothers are not the only people on Earth that have daily contact with children. There are many people with work involving the education and welfare of minors, and many of these people (including myself) are not parents yet themselves. The extra skills I have learned so far enhance my professional life right now and hopefully in time to come, the growing list of skills and ideas can be applied also to the care of my own children and in our dream project. They don’t make me perfect but they certainly help me to better understand the many complex needs of little humans.

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