Education is something that does not occur just in a classroom. Education is every moment a person experiences a moment of revelation about the world around them. Where does that leave a future educator like myself?
My purpose in the classroom is as a facilitator of revelation.
I walk the fine line between imparting knowledge as I learned it and teaching children how to learn better. I walk with the students, show them new things and model for them what it means to be curious, to strive to be better, to experience the world in a welcoming way. I play the role of step-parent, teacher, mentor and in some cases, peer.
Education in the classroom is not just math, science, history. Education covers manners, social understanding, learning and reaching to grasp how others experience the world. Without these, the time spent in the classroom is non-contextual and useless. Without these, the time spent in the classroom will be left behind and forgotten when the child moves into "The Real World", making my work with them trivial.
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