Continuing to Contact my International Contacts (Educators)
For any of my classmates who have been making comments to my blog, I have not had luck in getting the persons I have contacted to answer my emails.  I am trying a different set of contacts and I have contacted my former director to see if she can provide me with a list of contacts she knows.

I also retrieved information from the podcast and was very interested in learning more about the "Mother Earth's Children's Charter School" in Canada and its indigenous teachings.  I read about their mission and vision statements and how no child is left behind.

The school's philosophy is as follows:

MECCS believes that there are four needs that must be met for every child to be able to succeed.  Every child feels the need:

• for Belonging (I mean something to you),
• for Mastery (I am good at something),
• for Independence (I have power to make decisions), and
• for Generosity ( I have a purpose in life).

With the support of adults who care and believe in their potential, your youth can discover their hidden talents, develop personal responsibility, and find a purpose to their lives.  Many of the children MECCS serves suffer from some form of adversity.  Resilience is the innate human ability to rebound from adversity with even greater strength to face future obstacles.  Research has shown that resilience is the norm for kids.  This means that it is never too late to make a difference.
As our traditions teach us, we must nurture the development and educate the whole child as was given to us by the Creator.  The philosophy and foundation of our school community and program are based upon traditional Indigenous teachings of the medicine wheel passed down from our Elders.
  
Describe your new insights and information about issues of poverty:  I believe that as long as people are willing to better their situations, they will have a better chance of getting out of poverty.  The government can only do so much to assist families in poverty, however, we must all work very hard to make our lives successful.  There should be more agencies to help the homeless person sleeping out in the streets and provide for them a good meal.

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