CrEaTiViTy

I really enjoyed the video we watched on you tube. I also agree with the fact that we are educating our children to become university professors who live in their heads. And don't get me wrong I know the world needs university professors - but we can't ALL be that way. we need to encourage children to be creative and innovative.

The interesting thing about kids is that they will take a chance, they aren't afraid to be wrong. and the older kids get the more they fear failure. and if we as learners and not prepare to be wrong, we'll never come up with anything original. we need to teach children that not only is failure acceptable but that you can learn from it.

we must not forget that children are the future, and we should educate the whole being for the future because we may or may not be there to witness it. we need to give kids the skills they need to help make make something of it.

playing roles aka acting

I really enjoyed the role playing method of teaching. Using a more direct lecture would have been much more boring because only the teacher would be talking and the students wouldn't be as engaged. With role playing, the students are more involved and even if a student decides not to comment - they are more engaged because the students that are speaking or participating are more emotionally invested.

I also feel that role playing allows student to be more confident in themselves because they aren't being themselves, they are playing a character (per say). I also feel that when a student is more emotionally engaged they learn more or retain the knowledge for a longer period of time because they are truly invested in the subject.

On the subject of No Child Left Behind. I feel that it is important that students have basic skills such as reading, writing, math competence etc. but I personally feel that there are other basic skills such as being able to read music or throw a baseball that students should know. And yes I do agree (to some extent) that teachers tend to pay more attention to parents of high achieving students most likely because they are involved in their child's life. I do feel though that most teachers encourage all parents to be involved in their children's schooling - but ultimately, right or wrong, that is the parents' choice.

passionnnn

"Education is not the filling of the bucket, but the lighting of the fire" - W.B. Yeats

The most passionate teacher I have ever had was my Junior biology teacher. Her name was Mrs. Raasch and I was in love with her. She knew so much about the subject and was always very enthusiastic. She also was always willing to answer questions because she understand that biology wasn't the easiest subject for everyone to understand.

Science is not my subject and I was very nervous to take enriched biology but Mrs. Raasch made me want to learn. She made biology interesting because she was so enthusiastic. She would stand on chairs, or jump around the room because she would get so excited about something silly like mitochondria.

Mrs. Raasch focused more on getting her students interested in the subject, rather than getting a good grade. But by doing this, she indirectly encouraged us to learn more because she made the subject so enticing.