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• 5/25/2009 1:04 PM Cristina Figueroa wrote:
  Very interesting program. I am a huge proponent of early childhood intervention/prevention. As my career has focused on crime and delinquency, I believe that preventative programming needs to be part of early childhood development education. Problems in the home and/or community can impede childrens' ability to learn and succeed. Early mentoring programs that follow children from preschool through eighth grade can assist in the transition, not only in education, but also the social transition into adolescence and young adulthood. Positive reinforcement is very important in lives of children. Educators such as Lourdes Molina are great assests. However, what happens when these children move into a new grade with a new teacher that doesn't have the same drive or philosophy? Teachers like Lourdes plant the seed early on so we need teachers like her to continue watering that seed.
  
  Furthermore, parental/guardian involvement is one of the most important aspects in the success of children. Sometimes it is easy to see that children are successful in the classroom tend to have supportive adults who are involved. Not all children have parents or guardians who are positive or involved. That is why mentors could prove to be important.
  
  As a part-time Sociology instructor at DePaul University, I tell my students that their service to young people is priceless. The rewards come from the results not the paycheck. If you lose that job tomorrow, you will no longer see the check. However, if you manage to effectuate positive change in a young person who becomes successful in his or her own rite, you will see and feel that residual reward for as long as you have contact with that person.
  
  Congratulations to all those teachers who teach our children. I challenge others who are not teachers, but can be positive influences, to devote some time to those children that desperately need us. That is how I believe we will save our children and repair our communities.
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• 5/25/2009 5:47 PM Harv wrote:
  Cristina...thanks for your feedback on Sunday's interview. You have some very valid thoughts that should be contemplated - I tossed out similar thoughts during the interview. Positive and influential persons such as yourself are vital components to the continued development of our young people and with your guidance, perhaps a number of your students will choose to follow a career path which will benefit the very students who we are speaking of...from pre school all the way through their ultimate educational goals.
  
  Thanks again for your thoughts and for making the effort to listen to the interview.
  
  Harv
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