{"id":575,"date":"2017-09-11T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/?p=575"},"modified":"2017-09-11T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T15:29:08","slug":"lighting-of-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2017\/09\/11\/lighting-of-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting of a Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/dont-delay\/200805\/education-is-not-the-filling-pail-the-lighting-fire\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-576 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2017\/09\/education.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2017\/09\/education.jpg 225w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/2017\/09\/education-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Metaphors for the power of education exist without number. \u00a0It is a door, it is a key, it is the answer&#8230; This year my theme for education encompasses how I see my role in helping students learn. \u00a0While I have a lot of knowledge about language arts (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), my job is not to fill students&#8217; pails. \u00a0Rather, my vision is that I am able to help ignite a passion for language arts &#8211; one that will burn brightly long after my influence has ended. \u00a0But, with any fire, it needs oxygen to breathe and grow &#8211; so, I am asking students to come into class with an open mind, ready to help the flame catch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Metaphors for the power of education exist without number. \u00a0It is a door, it is a key, it is the answer&#8230; This year my&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/2017\/09\/11\/lighting-of-a-fire\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lighting of a Fire<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sabbaghela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}