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Quotes on passion, motivation, and wisdom, taken from the media segment “The Passion for Early Childhood Education”: 

“It was the most joyful experience, where I felt that everything in me was being called on to teach. And also, it was very rewarding. It just made me feel whole, it made me feel creative. And so it became my lifelong work, with early childhood education, and the passion to make sure that all children were taught in environments and in ways that truly nurtured their ability to grow and to develop to their fullest ability. So I started to look at the research about how young children develop identity and attitudes. It was discovered that the preschool years are the critical, they are the first, most fundamental period when children are in fact noticing who they are and are noticing the attitudes and the stereotypes and the discomforts or the positive messages about their skin color, their racial identity, their ethnic identity…they [young children] are still being daily bombarded by both negative and positive messages about who they are…I think they’re damaged when they get positive messages that they’re better than others simply because of their skin color or because of their economic class or because of their gender. And I hate the waste. It doesn’t allow children to grow up to their fullest potential and their fullest ability.”

– Louise Derman-Sparks, Professor Emeritus at Pacific Oak College, CA (taken from the video “The Passion for Early Childhood Education”)

“It’s in early childhood education that I was able to really see what a unique opportunity we have in working with children. We, as professionals in the early childhood field, have an opportunity to shape a child’s life for the better, and so that’s what makes me passionate about this field.”

“When I go to these parent meetings and actually see parents learning how to speak to policy-makers, learning how to write letters, learning how to tell their story and share their voice, that’s what keeps me motivated, regardless of all the challenges going on.”

– Sandy Escobido, Deputy Field Director, Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative, California Community Foundation (taken from the video “The Passion for Early Childhood Education)

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