Our Mission, Our Philosophy (Summary Final, Paper 1.)
Our Mission, Our Philosophy (summary final, paper 1.)
Betty Cortez
Professor, Richard Voth
Management 420
January 15, 2007
Cortez 1
Betty Cortez
Professor, Richard Voth
Management 420
January 15, 2007
Our Mission, Our Philosophy (Summary Paper 1)
Education has always been of great importance to me for several reasons. One reason is that I watched my parents struggle, working hard physical labor throughout their life to pay the household bills. I knew if they would of had a higher education, it would have been easier. My parents never even completed elementary school. My father almost completed 3rd grade and my mother completed 4th grade. The importance of education was driven into me and my other siblings, by our parents. One day after arriving home from high school, my younger sister, Rosie told me, "Sis, we need a school here for the gifted." We did not give the idea much thought than, but later on it became more of a serious discussion. My sister, Rosie is gifted. Several definitions are given for gifted and talented students, but the one I like best is the Federal definition from 1988. It reads, "The term gifted and talented students ' means children and youth who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities" (Asked Questions, pg. 1). At times, her special talents made it hard for her to fit into a public school. In elementary school, the teachers found it difficult to keep her occupied and she became very bored. For example, when the teacher gave her a book to read, it seemed like she read it, in the
Betty Cortez
Professor, Richard Voth
Management 420
January 15, 2007
Cortez 1
Betty Cortez
Professor, Richard Voth
Management 420
January 15, 2007
Our Mission, Our Philosophy (Summary Paper 1)
Education has always been of great importance to me for several reasons. One reason is that I watched my parents struggle, working hard physical labor throughout their life to pay the household bills. I knew if they would of had a higher education, it would have been easier. My parents never even completed elementary school. My father almost completed 3rd grade and my mother completed 4th grade. The importance of education was driven into me and my other siblings, by our parents. One day after arriving home from high school, my younger sister, Rosie told me, "Sis, we need a school here for the gifted." We did not give the idea much thought than, but later on it became more of a serious discussion. My sister, Rosie is gifted. Several definitions are given for gifted and talented students, but the one I like best is the Federal definition from 1988. It reads, "The term gifted and talented students ' means children and youth who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities" (Asked Questions, pg. 1). At times, her special talents made it hard for her to fit into a public school. In elementary school, the teachers found it difficult to keep her occupied and she became very bored. For example, when the teacher gave her a book to read, it seemed like she read it, in the
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