Month: December 2018

“Remind yourself daily: While education is useful, it’s love that children and the world need. A deeply loved child with only some education will go much further than a well educated child lacking love.” 

Vince Gowmon

I believe that education should be adaptable. Not every student learns the sameway and having multiple ways to teach the students will give them individuality and help them flourish in the ways they need to. Without adaptability and individualized learning techniques, the smartest students will feel inadequate

“Ask any child development expert, and they will tell you that children do not develop in a straight line. There are no average children. There are no standard children.” 

Cassi Clausen

“Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in the same way as scientists find out about new phenomena and test new ideas…during this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations.” 

Judith Roden

I believe teaching is the most rewarding job anyone could have. To be around students and help them grow and blossom not only with academics, but personal growth and development as well. Being a teacher isn’t about guidelines and rubrics, it’s about giving students a chance of expression and allowing them a chance to build a relationship with you. Itis the most rewarding in these aspects: getting to see them master a skill that once was really tough and see them grow throughout the year and develop into the person they are meant to be.

“Teaching is not about answering questions but about raising questions – opening doors for them in places that they could not imagine.” 

Yawar Baig

“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.” 

Joseph Chilton Pearce

“I’m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them the rest of their lives.” 

Seymour Simon

I believe that children want to learn. They want to explore the world around them and have a natural curiosity to expand their knowledge and absorb as much as possible. Children have a natural sense to glorify everything which is why they are curious and creative. I believe children are a gift and need to be cherished and appreciated.

“A child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.” 

Pablo Casals

“While it is important to educate children, what is much more pressing is the need to love them. When education becomes more important than love, it is no longer education at all. For, tending to the delicate spirit of children is foundational if education is to fulfill its intended purpose of serving the greater whole.”

Vince Gowmon

Being a cadet teacher for a semester has provided me many insights into the education system. Learning about roles of teachers and students has been an interesting experience and I have had enormous personal growth from this opportunity. Students, teachers, and the education system as a whole means something different for everyone. These are my belief statements.