Dallas ISD student Dalton Sherman speaks at the Save Texas Schools Rally

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Dallas ISD student Dalton Sherman speaks at the Save Texas Schools Rally

Saturday, March 12, 2011 - Austin,Texas

Those of us in attendance at the Save Texas Schools Rally held on the steps of the state capitol in Austin on Saturday were treated to the remarks of Dallas ISD 6th grade student Dalton Sherman.

Multiple thousands from across the state - more than 12,000+ citizens - attended the rally.

After being introduced by Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, student Dalton Sherman said:

"Dear Governor Perry,

"I know you love this state, but there are millions of us who love it every bit as much and maybe more.

"We're scared Governor. We're scared for our teachers, our schools and our dreams.

"Governor, it may look like sunshine outside today, but I've got to tell you,

"From where I am in the classrooms, it's raining ... and it's raining hard.

"Not only should you use the Rainy Day Fund for our education, but also strive to come up with a permanent solution to our state budget crisis."

Amen to that.

It was a good and uplifting day at the Save Texas Schools Rally.

A Teacher's Creed

"In the classroom on the first day of a new school year, I am eager to meet my students. I have rehearsed my greeting and first day’s remarks, but no matter how many years I’ve prepared for this procedure, it’s always new. My heart pumps a bit harder, faster; I feel adrenaline like an athlete, or like an actor, or maybe like a novice public speaker. It’s a marvelous feeling, this first day, because I know that something special is going to happen, and I know it because I’ve experienced it before and I know that I will experience it every time I meet a new class throughout my venerable career. And then they’re seated before me and I smile at this special feeling. This is an assembly of students, yes. But there’s so much more, because each of these young persons is more than just a student entrusted to me. Each of these students has a story to tell, a lifetime, however brief, of experiences, a history in volumes whose richness and depth I can barely begin to fathom. And so as I absorb the first glimpse of these young charges, I must appreciate the extent of my responsibility, of the privilege I’ve accepted in presenting these young souls my special knowledge. In offering them my talent and passion, I am adding an enormous array of new bright stars to the vast firmament of their minds, stars that will never have time to fade in their lifetimes. I will be part of their story. And I know that each of them will always be part of mine. And that’s a good feeling, a feeling that is perpetually renewed, revisited, and rewritten in A Teacher’s Creed."

Carla Ranger - Dallas ISD Education Blog

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Dallas ISD student Dalton Sherman speaks at the Save Texas Schools Rally

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