School of Education juniors reaffirm their commitment to becoming educators at the annual Pinning and Affirmation Ceremony. This year on February 26, 2007 in the School of Management Auditorium, Dean ad interim Charles Glenn welcomed 57 future educators and honored their dedication to education. Guest speaker Barbara Henry shared her teaching experiences from 1960 at New Orleans' first desegregated public school under federal court order. Henry taught Ruby Bridges, the only student to show up to school during desegregation, in first grade at William Frantz Elementary School. Henry taught Bridges daily despite a large school boycott. "As teachers, you should never underestimate the power of the children before you," said Henry. "We created our own oasis of love and learning, and we were able to shut out the hurts of cruelty, prejudice, bigotry that surrounded us both inside the building and outside."
2008 Junior Pinning Ceremony
Friday, February 22, 2008
6 p.m.
School of Education Lobby &
School of Management Auditorium |
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Boston University Educator's Affirmation
I dedicate myself to the life of an educator, to laying the living foundations upon which successor generations must continue to build their lives.
I dedicate myself to the advancement of learning, for I know that without it our successors will lack both the vision and the power to build well.
I dedicate myself to the cultivation of character, for I know that humanity cannot flourish without courage, compassion, honesty, and trust.
I commit myself to
the advancement of my own learning and to the cultivation of my own character, for I know that I must bear witness in my own life to the ideals that I have dedicated myself to promote in others.
In the presence of this gathering, I so dedicate and commit myself.
Written for the School of Education Junior Pinning Ceremony by Steven Tigner |
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