INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF THE MONTH

 

 

 
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The Ethics Raising Institute

I read a very thoughtful article a few days ago. Written by a celebrated author and published in one of the most distinguished magazines I have ever seen, the article sought to make readers aware of the importance of promoting genuine care and love through the written word. The author, a strong and talented woman, is the founder of the Ethics Raising Institute, an organization that facilitates K-12 teachers to nurture their passion for teaching and to foster educational/ethical values beyond school settings by cultivating meaningful relationships with parents and friends of the schools via email.

What fascinates me most about the project is the attractive system (or model) of transparency created by the company, which successfully operates without owning a website or the popular “likes” on facebook. It seems the organization has developed a more lasting and stable platform sustained only by a reliable writing ethics. The Ethics Raising Institute serves its reading community in a quiet voice, allowing the teachers’ names to appear as hosting the edifying, inspirational emails sent to their respective recipients. Apparently, many teachers interested in understanding “education” on a deeper level and fomenting rapport with parents and friends of the schools financially support the Institute.

 “Our calling in life is never private. It is subtly linked to other people’s vocations,” I heard a speaker say one day. It is no secret that teachers need loads of help and encouragement so that they can better care for their students. Yet, some even are willing to use their finances to make the Ethics Raising Institute enriching system possible and accessible to parents and friends of the schools. These must be the most caring human beings in the whole world! The alliance between the Institute and its teachers offers us a good metaphor of the Trinity. Didn’t our Jesus pay it all before the Father so we could receive the comfort and reassurance of the Holy Spirit? I believe the Ethics Raising Institute and its devoted teachers deserve gratitude and respect because they are advancing real values in the face of misapprehension and confusion. “Let’s fall in love with people,” that thoughtful article read; “the rest is insignificant.”