HCD Team - Ice Breaker by Kevin Dorcy https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj "Well, I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things. One, the streets weren't paved with gold. Second, they weren't paved at all, and third, I was expected to pave them." en-us 2018-07-16 16:55:33 UTC 2018-07-17 15:27:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Elliot https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427733 My dad (immigrant) having to work his way from not knowing the english language at age 11 to becoming one of the most respected doctors at Rush hospital.]]> 2018-07-17 15:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427733 I have used this quote to start conversation in classes before when studying immigration. https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427762

]]> 2018-07-17 15:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427762 https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427771 My mother struggling for over 12 years to achieve her nursing degree.]]> 2018-07-17 15:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427771 "Picking yourself up by the bootstraps" for some is a source of pride; for others, a mentality; and for others, an offense that ignores the history of this country. https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427777 2018-07-17 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427777 We create our own future https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427781 2018-07-17 15:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427781 Mary OBC mobrien_combs https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427783 This reminds me of my grandmother's experience as the child of an immigrant family in the early 1900s. My great grandparents came to this country to escape famine and oppression from British rule, but when they got here, they faced prejudice and poverty that resulted in the dissolution of their family unit. M]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427783 Liz https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427786 reality is much different than ones expectation 
I wonder what parents expect or truly want out of their child's educational experience 
Do they even know?]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427786 Makes me think of, to each their own. https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427808 2018-07-17 15:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427808 Evan https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427825 I wonder about disillusionment leading us to the understanding that we build the world that we live in]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427825 Kevin Dorcy kdorcy https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427826 The streets might not be paved with gold but they are paved with the sweat of so many. We all played a role in creating this country and the many who are still to come will do the same. ]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427826 murortiz https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427853 My parents having to rebuild their life from scratch and never knowing if they would return to their country. ]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427853 Elliot https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427866 Focusing my students on creating a better future for their own children, just as their parents did for them.]]> 2018-07-17 15:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427866 Helena https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427904 And now I know I’m no longer interested in meeting the expectations of others...but instead being what I expect of me. ]]> 2018-07-17 15:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427904 Paving our own road in curriculum nlopez_diaz https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427914 We are creating what has not been created before.]]> 2018-07-17 15:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427914 Tim https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427935 Dreams are usually based on unrealistic ideals, but manage to manifest themselves into something different and in the end far greater....]]> 2018-07-17 15:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427935 https://padlet.com/kdorcy/geycr141w5zj/wish/270427997 We always have to do twice as much to be thought of as half as good

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