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 The following was originally published February 16, 2009 at http://mihall.edublogs.org/2009/02/16/25-random-thoughts-on-education/    Many of these are my opinion, hence THOUGHTS rather than facts. Happy reading : ) 1. Teachers are underpaid. If it weren’t for teachers, there wouldn’t be doctors, lawyers, business owners, etc. 2. Technology is going to become more and more useful and necessary in schools, if the teachers don’t know how to use it how will the students learn? Some teachers need to retire so the younger population can get teaching, and teach the newer info. : ) 3. Salad bar is the best hot lunch ever invented! 4. “You’re never too old to wish for a snowday”–Dr. Coverdale..and I completely agree. 5. Starting out as an educator can be nerve racking but I have been convinced by teachers that I have observed that it will all come together and work out great. 6. Teachers that taught my parents need to retire. 7. What is education going to come to ten years down the road. The word “dice” can no longer be used because it implies gambling. How about the pledge of allegiance? Will that be banned from all schools? Who knows what else will happen like this will come about when we’re teachers. 8. Teachers do have their favorites. From being a student and observing I have found this is true, even if they don’t want to admit it. 9. Danz elementary school has got to be the best elementary school ever built. 10. My goal is to have each and every student have a life long memory from my class. I do not remember anything from elementary school, and everyone else in my methods does. I think this is important and also interesting to remember things from that long ago. 11. In order to be a quality educater, one must have PASSION for their job. 12. Standardized testing doesn’t prove a thing. 13. Lesson plans should be changed according to your group of students. How can one use the same exact ways of teaching each year when every student has different learning styles? Some may need hands on experience, some may need lecturing. It’s important for a teacher to understand their student’s learning styles. 14. I would love to put half of the elementary teachers I see on the show What Not to Wear, because many think they need to wear jumper dresses with apples on their shirts. Oops I think this one was mean, sorry. 15. Reinforcement is very important in the classroom, and seems to be extremely successful, such as using reward systems. 16. Education can be boring at times, and seem pointless, but there’s a point in life where most student’s will/should realize it was completely necessary to get them successfully through life. 17. The best part of school for many students will be sports! (mine was : ) ) 18. I find it ridiciulous that students with special needs need to follow the new curriculum of four years of math, english, some foreign language, etc. 19. I know elementary teachers have a lot of supplies and barely enough room to store it, but I’m waaay to OCD to have my room looking like a complete disaster. Piles here and there, I just won’t be able to handle this. All of my student’s desks will have to be clean, I will do some sort of reward system to guarantee this. 20. I will try not to let what is happening in my special education classroom affect my life at home. I’m not saying they won’t always be on my mind and I will always be caring for them, but I will not let it affect my relationships with my spouse and children. 21. I’ve learned from Gravereat that a class bunny is smelly and disgusting. If I have a pet, it will be a chia pet or something. 22. Choosing to teach was not an easy way out. What is easy about teaching?!? 23. I will make really close friends with the school janitor the first year I’m at my school and from then on will remain best buddies with them : ) 24. Good educators must know their strengths and weaknesses, and how to implement those strengths and work on their weaknesses. 25. Teaching facts can be boring, and students may just forget them. Educating to me is opening student’s minds to critical thinking. Allowing them to dig deeper into a fact, rather than just memorizing them.

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