Rosa Parks

Well, February has come and gone and with it came the celebration of Black History month. Our core characteristic at school for February was courage. Every month we spend some time on the monthly characteristic because we have so much time to teach character development instead of reading, writing, and arithmetic that we get tested on.

Anyway, my children read a little story about Rosa Parks and how courageous she was to stand up for what she believed in even though there were many against her. After reading, we all wrote about how we were brave or courageous like Rosa Parks was.

One of my children said that he is brave because he "stuck his hand in the washing machine while it was still running."

Mrs. Lorthridge's response "There is a difference between foolishness and courage."