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| "The Golden Gate Bridge" (Photograph used with permission from the author) |
What are "Educational Bridges"?
A bridge is a connecting structure that can be utilized to facilitate transportation from one area to another.
In education there are many bridges that exist, in fact, education itself is a bridge.
Education is a bridge that connects those who are seeking to become educated with the expertise of those who are educated and the resources that helped them achieve such knowledge and skills.
Education is rather vast and there are many areas in it, some which can be completely isolated, that can be explored by those who are seeking knowledge, and one way to reach these areas is by building and creating Educational Bridges.
Educational Bridges also include many of the experiences that a person goes through as they obtain an education. In many cases these bridges lead to a better understanding of the subject and clarity of thought, but sometimes the bridge may truly lead to nowhere and those who travel on it may come to a point where they may have to turn back around before it is too late.
As it is the case in all engineering marvels, such as the Golden Gate Bridge (pictured above), maintenance is of the utmost importance for as long as such structures are to be used in order to ensure safety and security. If an Educational Bridge is not maintained by those who design, create, and build them, then the safety and security of the students crossing them will be jeopardized. Trust and confidence will suffer, and in a worse case scenario, the students could fall off the educational path altogether. That is why it is important that educators do their best to maintain such bridges and be given access to the resources, materials, and tools that are needed to achieve this.
Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
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