Bill Stickland is truly an inspiration! After watching the 35 minute video, I sat and reflected on his profound wisdom. This man could have fallen through the cracks as a high school student, but didn't, perhaps because of one ceramic teacher who showed him the light. He has been giving back that "light" ever since. He has certainly renewed my motivation and energy to try and impact as many students as I am able. Wanting to know more about Bill Stickland I discovered another powerful video, Make the Impossible Possible, and have posted the link here.
http://www.impossiblemovie.com/
How true when a person is consumed in gloom and feel they are sentenced to a life of misery, how bleak life can be. He demonstrated that by giving a person "affection, sunshine, flowers, food and good music", they can grow, become creative and value themselves and thus a change in behavior. We all need to remember:
"Water is Life
Sun and flowers equal hope
Children being celebrated
Being able to see themselves causes change in behavior
Make a friend in every town and you will never be lonely." (Connections)
It would be wonderful if the Bidwell Training Center could be the model for all schools.
Nice use of pictures and imagery to reflect on Bill's video - I love the mirror picture of the cat seeing himself/herself as a lion!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Nice use of pictures to convey Bill Strickland's important points.
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