Final Blog Assignment

Throughout this course I made contact with three different international contacts.  Two were in Bolivia and one in Mexico.  My Bolivia contacts stayed in contact with me through the first half of the course then I don't know what happened and my Mexican contact was a cousin of the Spanish teacher at my school.  Gabriella Garcia, my Mexican contact, was a great help and pleasure to talk with.  She gave me great information and is very passionate about the early childhood field.  One consequence of learning about the international early childhood field is learning how many things are similar around the world.  Another consequence is learning how fortunate we are.  There is a lot to be done in the United States when it comes to early childhood but compared to some other countries we are doing just fine.  I am thankful for that.  One last consequence would be that no matter where you are in the world, someone will have a passion for the early childhood field.  Even though I lost contact with my Bolivia contacts, I could still feel the amount of passion they had from the few emails I received.  A slow response from the international contacts is also a challenge that I had to deal with.  Luckily I was able to make some connections but it was not a quick and easy path.  I just happened to be talking about my blog assignment at work and the Spanish teacher gave me the contact information for his cousin in Mexico.  She turned out to be the best contact of all three.

One goal for the early childhood field in relation to international awareness of issues and trends is to keep in touch with my contacts and to continue to learn more about what is happening in other parts of the world.