TIME WELL SPENT

Whoa, still seems like a dream, I am now a Master’s degree holder in the early childhood field. I remember when I first started, I tried to imagine when it would be over, but I told myself, take one step after the other and hold on to your passion, commitment, dreams, be strong and you would see, you will get to the finishing line standing strong a different and better person.  I am grateful to God, my family, my parents, Walden institution, Walden instructors and my colleagues, without all these support, I would not be writing this heartfelt message today.

My experience with my program at Walden has truly being remarkable and a measurable professional growth for me; it has truly broadened my view of the world, of issues affecting children, families, and the early childhood field across the globe.

Three deeply felt learning experiences from this program are that:

 I need to have a passion, a vision, understand myself and strive to achieve greatness, to make a difference in the world. I am a different person both personally and professionally, I understand my strengths, weakness, bias, passions and desires, and more convinced and focused on the role I have to play in the lives of children, families, and the early childhood field.

I have also learn that to truly contribute to making changes, as educators or professionals, we need not sit on the fence but stand up for issues, take up leadership roles and also lead or be a part of advocacy for change.

 I have come to realize the importance of collaborative effort and its impact in achieving greater goals, and also ways to go about bringing together people who share similar interest with you together, in order to make a difference in the world

My long term goal is to continue to develop myself professionally, through reading resources, and networking, and also continue to pursue my advocacy effort for more focus on play, and probably in the near future go for my doctorate degree.

I would like to say my farewells to all my instructors at Walden, and a big thank you to Dr. Teri, for her support and constructive criticisms; it really made me a better writer and accomplished my research challenge more confidently. I would like to thank all my colleagues, and say a big farewell to everyone; you have all made a significant impact to my success. I say thank you all, and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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