Education is too important to take【C1】______ , when people take anything for seriously, they put【C2】______ blinders which cause them to miss the important aspects of【C3】______ is going on around them. They【C4】______ 'tunnel vision,' which limits and distorts their perception of【C5】______ Education is too important to be limited by those who have chosen to wear blinders and develop tunnel vision. I believe the【C6】______ movement has encouraged many educators to take education too seriously.【C7】______ we take education too seriously, we put standardized【C8】______ scores above children, we put lesson plans above teachers, and we put on our blinders, only to see a rather small segment of the child--that segment that can be【C9】______ easily【C10】______ than looking at the child as a whole. By looking at the whole student, we can get a【C11】______ of whether that Student enjoys learning,【C12】______ functioning well with others, and feels good【C13】______ himself. How can we【C14】______ off our blinders? How can we eliminate tunnel vision to see the whole child? How can we【C15】______ take everything so seriously? My recommendation is【C16】______ laugh, teach, laugh! Psychologists have【C17】______ believed that negative emotions cause negative chemical changes in the body. We know the【C18】______ is also true. We know that a person with a good sense of humor has better healing【C19】______ . Laughter actually relaxes the muscles, allows the heartbeat and lowers the blood pressure. Laughter stirs the inside and gets the endocrine system moving, which can be quite【C20】______ in alleviating disease. Laughter also relieves boredom, tension, guilt, depression, headaches, and backaches. 【C1】