Education is like a board game...

With twists and turns along the way. Sometimes you lose a turn, sometimes you have to repeat a mistake you made, other times you move right through with little struggle. When comparing Education to a game, I think of the game Chutes and Ladders. This was one of my absolute favorite games when I was younger. When thinking about school and learning, I think of moving forward and sometimes moving back a couple spaces. There are times that you win, and times that you struggle. In the end, you reach your goal, which is graduation. However, in education there is no clear finish line or definitive end. Education continues on. It is a life long process that never stops, and like Chutes and Ladders there will be bumps and bruises along the way. Sometimes we take a wrong turn, or fall down a long chute. Other times, we get ahead and climb up a long ladder of success. As educators, we need to constantly be educating ourselves as well as the children. Like a game, we face challenges as well as triumphs throughout life, and the more educated we are, the more chance of success we will have.