Last but not least... Rome!!

Now there are a lot of tourist things that I accomplished in the last couple of days in Rome, but I also found myself realizing that this is the last place I will be to observe and take in the culture of this city. As we went on our first tour around the city to see all of the wonderful historical monuments that Rome is famous for we learned the story of the She Wolf and the boys that were raised by her to later become the founders of Rome. The She Wolf and the two boys are the symbol of Rome and all that they stand for in strength and determination.

Throughout this whole journey I have learned many things, but what has stuck with me the most is the understanding that culture and tradition have led to the mindset and respect that you see around Italy today. I am merely a bystander glancing into their lives and I will never be able to fully understand the determination they have to keep their culture alive within their children and families, but I know that I love just watching from the outside.

Rome was a clear example of taking history and restoring it to teach the past, we do this with children as well. We restore old knowledge to polish the new knowledge that we are trying to teach. If you enrich the students lives with things that directly relate to themselves and their culture, I believe that they would want to understand and know more about what you are teaching them.

We need to spend more time enriching students in determination because of reasons other than their testing. It is time to step back and look at things from another level, to take a look from a level of culture and understanding.