My Dream

So, I just want to put this down on paper...even though this isn't paper but I think you know what I mean.  But I have a dream and a wish that just came up this semester.  It has gradually gotten stronger and stronger and now I don't think I can deny it.

My dream is to graduate with my bachelors in special education with an emphasis in emotional behavioral disorder (EBD).  After that, I would like to get a job somewhere.  This is all probably sounding very normal, but here is where it stops being normal.  Once I have been in the schools for a certain amount of time, I want to go back for a masters.  A masters in neurology.  My thesis would be how neurology relates to education.

I would like to create a new area of neurology, it might exist already, at which point, I will join it.  But the new area would be Educational Neurology.  It would emphasize learning and different education issues.  One such study could possibly be: What is the best way to teach a student with a learning disability.

I realize that I might sound very prideful as I say this next part, "I want my name to be known."  However, as I think about, I don't think that it is prideful to want my name to be known for something that will revolutionize education as we know.  Because revolutionizing education is helping students, therefore I want my name to be known for helping students.

After I get my masters in neurology, I would like to go on for a PhD in education.

I don't know if I will end up doing any of this, but I am pretty sure that I will, because I love the brain.  Mirror neurons was my first actual study of neurology (The first time that I actually looked into it) and it changed everything.  Mirror neurons have a huge impact on education, but educators, understandably, don't have the time to look into neurological studies.

But Educational Neurology would be the emphasis and it would be glorious.  A neurological classroom, where almost everything that is done is done with a neurological aspect in mind.

Some posts that have talked about neurology that I have posted on this blog I will list here:

http://futurespecialedteacher.blogspot.com/2011/03/neurology-and-education-mirror-neurons.html
http://futurespecialedteacher.blogspot.com/2010/12/heart-brain-connection-reflection.html