While cruising on Facebook the other day, I stumbled across this posting from Edutopia. I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.

A classroom teacher asked her students to respond to the prompt, “What’s the purpose of school?” This is one of the responses she got. Enjoy!

“The purpose of school is not just to learn, but become a better human being. Sure, you also need to know your math and history facts. But the point of school is to gain skills like, compassion, self-awareness, organization, and kindness. That is a teachers ultimate goal.”

I don’t think any of us in the educational community could have said it better.