OK, so how much do I love LZ Granderson….his opinions always bring some new insight. I nearly always find myself agreeing with his ideas. Enjoying his column on CNN.com that usually gets me thinking and I just loved this title “Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd”….because darn it I am with him raising my daughters to be nerds. I mean he must have been discussing going to college with his son from Kindergarten for his to aim for Stanford in the fifth grade. I love it the celebration of a child’s intelligence and potential for learning. Sometimes I wonder on ways that I can make my children enjoy learning more then they do at this point. Like Granderson I cheer at A’s and B’s or new things that have been learned at school. I have learned new things from just listening to them daily. My aim for my girls is a college degree at least and what they do after that is on them. In this day and age a college degree is needed for you to step in the door of nearly any and every company. One very important point in getting them to college as there Dad is prone to say is not just to rely on schools to educate are children but to jump in and stay on top of there learning.
I agree with my favorite columnist LZ Granderson when he says “If we want to have any lasting influence on the way our kids approach education -- the way future generations approach education -- then we have to grab our pom-poms and paint our faces and celebrate intellectual curiosity with the same vigor we do their athletic achievements.”1 Let’s get out there and cheer are children on the journey called education and learning as much as possible. I am raising future nerds I am hoping that there love of learning will continue through out the future.
Reference
Granderson, LZ. (2011, June 28). Why I ‘m raising my son to be a nerd. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/28/granderson.raising.nerd/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
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