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//A hero is someone who stands out and helps the world in the best way they can provide by using their strengths to the best of their ability.//  

__Intro Susan Elizabeth Blow__ Susan Elizabeth Blow opened the first successful kindergarten center. It was the first educational opprotunity for the public of Missouri. She also helped train many aspiring kindergarten teachers at this center. The center was located in present day St. Louis. She fits my definition for a hero perfectly, because she used her strengths to help the world. She was always smart and loved learning. She used that to help start the first kindergarten center in America in order to introduce younger children to learning.

[|Friedrich Froebel] ,

Perspective -//**When did she live?**// 1843-1916, her kindergarten was opened in 1873 -**//Where did she live?//** Present day St. Louis, moved five miles to Carondelet after a fire. -**//Who was she helping?//** She was helping educate young children of America -**//Why is she helping?//** She liked sharing her education with her siblings and passed that trait on to younger children that she taught. She grew up loving to read and learn. She wanted to share her passion with others. She observed classrooms of Friedrich Froebel in Germany and was inspired to move these 'kindergarten' classes to America so educate the young children of her country. -**//How was she helping?//** Susan was helping by teaching the children about all things in life such as fractions, colors, shapes, and staying healthy. -**//Why was this important?//** Her kindergarten taught children about color, shapes, eating healthy, and basic hygiene. The teaching was a positive experience for all children and created a strong foundation for education. Susan Elizabeth Blow is a hero in my eyes because she helped create a strong foundation of learning for the young children who couldn't afford private schools. She was always enthusiastic about learning, and enjoyed every second of it. Learning was always a personal strength of hers. As she got older she wanted to pursue a life of infinate learning. She took her strength of learning and passed it on to others by opening the first public kindergarten center. She also trained other women to teach kindergarten in this center, helping them to help pass on the privalege of learning. Only 6 years later, over 53 kindergarten classrooms were opened within the state, most of them taught by the women Susan had trained. The teachers used Susan's classroom as a spinoff for theirs, also teaching similar importances. Eleven years after she opened her kindergarten center, Susan Blow became very sick and tired after working so hard for so long. She moved up the east coast and wrote two books about teaching kindergarten which helped expand the kindergarten movement across the country. She would tell people to never stop pursuing education. She would encourage today's youth to be all we can be, and to spread our knowledge with the world.
 * //What makes your person a hero?//**
 * //Why is this person a legacy?//**
 * //What advice would she have for today's youth?//**

Essay [|My Hero] Presentation Sources:

[|http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0807964.html] [|http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/educators/blow/blow.shtml] http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/susan-blow.html

Pictures:

[|http://flickr.com/photos/amerinocasino/2293310610/] [|http://flickr.com/photos/icandream/245319124/] http://flickr.com/photos/mslivenletlive/1199055518/