Change, Contexts, Consequences, and Constraints

Throughout my EDCU 6162 course I was asked to make contact with international early childhood professionals in other countries. I made contact with two international professionals. One of the professionals was Juan Carlos Borda located in Bolivia. The other professional was Robin McMillan located in Canada. over the past several weeks I began learning about these professionals and the early childhood field in the countries in which they reside. I found it interesting to learn what the early childhood field is like in other places besides the United States. Learning about other countries is not all it is cracked up to be. I found several consequences to learning about other countries. The first consequence is realizing that other people are in situations way worst then you are. The state of the country and children are horrible in some cases. You realize that the things you complain and worry about don't compare to what is happening in other countries. The second consequence is getting attached. I learned how hard it is in other countries and started taking on their problems as my own. You start to feel so connected to these people and what they do that all you want to do it help. I started looking into what it would take to become a teacher in the other countries. You want to go over and help. Lastly I regret not meeting my international contacts in person. I would have loved to meet these early childhood professional in person. Any person that spends their life fighting for children and what is right is an inspiration to me. I think that early childhood professionals we need to connect and share any information that we have to help improve the state of early childhood all over the world. So I think my goal would be to increase the awareness of the importance of early childhood education in every country.People around the world need to know that early childhood is just as important as a college education. Children are so important to the future of the world that we must start them off on the right foot.