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whispers secrets as the winds pass by. ‘Tell me where you have been?’ asks the tree of the wind. ‘Tell me what you have seen? For I have roots that tie me to the earth and I must stand forever here.’ And the wind whispers back ‘I never stay. I blow away. Away today. Away, I say. Away. Away.’ And the tree cries out ‘I want to go with you. I don’t want to stand here, alone and sad. I want to go with you. You seem so glad.’
When a child is forced to prove himself as capable, results are often disastrous. A child needs love, acceptance, and understanding. He is devastated when confronted with rejection, doubts, and never-ending testing.
many times a child is not accepted for therapy if the parents refuse to participate and get help for themselves. No one knows how many children are turned away because of this factor.
“And isn’t it funny that little black marks on paper can be so good? Pieces of paper and little tiny black marks and you’ve got a story.”
“Out of this window I saw the world,” he said.
As educators, you must unlock the door of ignorance and prejudice and meanness.