Hello, 

We are at the beginning of a new semester in Trinity ISD.  We are also starting a new calendar year.  If you are like me, you have made New Year Resolutions.  I'm afraid that often times the resolutions I make are the same ones that I made the previous year because I did not follow through.  We can't forget that commitment is something that has to be taught.  It starts at home, but it also has to be emphasized at school.  Whether it is finishing a kickball game you started with your little sister or a promise that you made to someone, commitment is important.  You may not be a Tim Tebow fan, but if you listen to his interviews he talks about the importance of finishing.  He has talked about his return to the University of Florida for his senior year because he wanted to finish what he started.  As educators, we have a commitment to our students.  That commitment means being present each day.  Nobody else can do our job as well as we can.  Commitment means preparing.  We know each individual student and what that particular student needs to be successful.  Commitment means teaching bell to bell.  We don't have time to stop.  We must finish.  Commitment means letting each student know that he/she is the most important person in the room.  People do not care how much we know until they know how much we care.  Commitment means loving the kid that may be hard to love.  Every child is a precious gift and every parent sends us their best.  Find a way to let every child know that he/she is loved.  What we hear every day about ourselves is what we believe about ourselves.  As we start this new year and new semester, we have the opportunity to start over.  Lets commit to the resolutions we made and lets never let our students doubt our commitment to them.  You may have heard the story about breakfast and the difference between being committed and being involved.  When we sit down to our ham and egg breakfast remember that the chicken was involved, but the pig was committed!

Be the pig!

Bobby Rice

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