Where there is HOPE...

I had an "imaginative bridge" thought when reading the article "In defense of the year's worst movie" by Roger Ebert (2006).  He talks about HOPE in the storyline of the 2004 award winning movie "Crash" and how the characters are better people because of what happens to them in the movie.  Certainly as teachers (educators) we strive to provide this hope on a daily basis through a variety of means including student praise and encouragement for good work.  At the school I work at, we encompass a character education curriculum throughout the year focusing on a different character virtue each month such as honesty, respect and love.  Through story telling, advisory discussions and student-led assembly presentations, we teach such virtues with the hope that instilling these moral values to the children will help guide them into making good decisions in their lives for the future to come.