{"id":4192,"date":"2014-01-10T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=4192"},"modified":"2014-01-10T00:16:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T06:16:14","slug":"education-is-not-the-filling-of-a-pail-it-is-the-lighting-of-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/education-is-not-the-filling-of-a-pail-it-is-the-lighting-of-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEducation is not the filling of a pail. It is the lighting of a fire.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I met with Lisa Altman.\u00a0 Lisa and her husband are new to Utah and we were introduced by a mutual friend.\u00a0 Lisa and her husband are both former Opera singers who have spent their lives supporting and promoting the arts.\u00a0 They came to Utah for her husband to take a position as the Executive Director of Ballet West and Lisa has now taken the position of Executive Director for the non-profit, Gifted Music School.<\/p>\n

The truth is that before today I had never heard of Gifted Music School.\u00a0 Then Lisa played a video for me of an orchestra playing an incredible piece.\u00a0 They were amazing.\u00a0 Then she had me take a closer look \u2013 this was no ordinary orchestra – this was an orchestra of children!\u00a0 Children from the age of 6-18 years old were the ones playing this incredible performance.\u00a0 As I looked closely at the video I saw that there were children so small that their heads were barely noticeable in the background.\u00a0 I was blown away.\u00a0 Lisa explained that the Gifted Music School finds child prodigies.\u00a0 These kids are the best of the best.\u00a0 These kids were born into this world with an unquestionable God given talent that became evident within their first few years of life.\u00a0 The school auditions these kids and scholarships are provided to fund any child with talent having an opportunity to excel, thus keeping economic status from being a hindrance standing in the way of their talents.\u00a0 Currently they have around 30 or so children participating on scholarship, and these kids could give the best of the best a run for their money, and that is not an exaggeration.\u00a0 Here is a video clip of one of their performances\u2026..remember you have to look close to see the little heads in the group\u2026.wow!<\/p>\n

www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFkMb5XOZAk<\/a><\/p>\n

What an amazing program!\u00a0 And what amazing children!\u00a0 I mean truly incredible!\u00a0 You would have to hear them perform to believe it.\u00a0 And I LOVE that this charity exists to help these kids develop their talent early in their life.<\/p>\n

Our children today are all prodigies in their own rights.\u00a0 Some in music, some in sports, some in math, some in science, some in leadership, some in entrepreneurship. I believe every child comes into this world with a God given talent and it is our responsibility as adults to help them discover and believe in their talents.\u00a0 It is our responsibility to teach and encourage and mentor and support them in growing their talents.\u00a0 I believe the best way to educate our children is to first get them excited about learning\u2026then teach them.\u00a0 Help children see the value of what you are about to teach them, then give them the lesson. If a child is bored in a class it\u2019s because they simply don\u2019t see the benefit of the information they are being asked to learn, so as parents and teachers and role models it is our job to make sure we are helping them see the benefit of what they are going to learn.\u00a0 That is how passion is created in our children.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is not the filling of a pail. It is the lighting of a fire.\u201d -William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n

I am grateful to have been so inspired today by the talent of these young people and I am grateful to be reminded of just how amazing our youth today are.\u00a0 Thank you to all of the programs and charities and teachers out there who are doing everything they can to light the fire of excitement in our youth today!<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend everyone!\u00a0 It\u2019s my husband\u2019s birthday tomorrow so I can\u2019t finish my blog today without giving a shout out to the sexiest man I know!\u00a0 Happy Birthday Sweetheart!! I love you!\u00a0 And thank you to his mother and father for bringing him into this world all those years ago tomorrow and for raising such an amazing son.\u00a0 I love you both as well!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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