Maria Kennedy
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439 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2022
last heard Mar 2022
Maria Kennedy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And there's nothing wrong with that.
Our differences should be celebrated.
We all bring gifts to the table, however, you want to use the term gifts.
But I think everybody is good at something.
So we all bring something to the table.
If we can broaden the way we educate so that everybody can identify their strengths and everybody can use those strengths and everybody's strengths can be celebrated, I think we'd have more successful
people in general, not just children, but more successful people.
Um, and so that's one of the things that I I'm trying to help people do.
Exactly.
I th I think celebrating the value of us all is crucial.
And if we can start from there, you know, um, and so if we can start with the fact that we all have value and everybody is here for a reason, we all bring something to the table, and as educators, if we can find what that is in each of our children.
And build on that.
And if as parents we can instill that self-worth and self-value in our children and let them know that yes, of course we love them, but also we're really happy that they're here and that they're adding to the world, you know.
Um, I keep telling my little people, I'm going, I need you to look after the planet because us old people have messed it up.
So
I need you to be the people that know what's going to be good for the ozone layer and all of that good, good stuff.
If we're not encouraging people to think and celebrating their ability to think, then we we won't move forward.
You know, I I love to tell people I'm going, if you were waiting on me to build an iPod or to build a computer, we'd never have them.
We won't have
Have cars that fly if you're requiring me to create them because I don't know how to do it.
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