3.+Philosophy+of+Education

A good teacher is the **first element** for a good education. No matter how intelligent a student is, one does not know things if they are not told or taught in a correct fashion. Respectable and effective teaching includes the capability to convey any type of message clearly to those willing to learn. **The most important role as a teacher is to instill in children the love of learning in so that they will want to soak in as much information as possible without it being considered a task.** Mrs. Roberts, for example, is the best teacher I have ever known. She was not my homeroom teacher but she was directly across the hall from Mr. Gorman’s class in third grade. **A teacher who can influence a child by their classroom, their smile, and their eagerness to help them learn ought to be commended for more than being in a Philosophy of Education paper**. Still, to this day, I talk to her on a regular basis and get excited when I go help my mom out in her classroom- just to be able to see that wonderful teacher who taught me to allow myself to be portrayed as caring and benevolent by my actions. She cares so much for the kids she teaches and sees to it that they end up on top with the best education that she has to offer. Even if the child is still struggling, at the end of day, she only wants to be the difference in the life of just one person. I want to be a teacher because I have participated in school activities all my life and want to continue to stay involved with them. I love seeing that smile of “I did it!” glowing across a child’s face. **Providing an excellent education to the young people should be the goal of every teacher in every school across the world.** Education, to me, is a process that goes far beyond what is taught in the classroom. A student cannot learn anything if it is not taught by an efficient teacher in an effective way. **Trust, love, and companionship must also be built between the student and the teacher for effective outcomes in the student’s, as well as the teacher’s, performance.** The bottom line is this; every child can learn. No matter how long it takes, no matter how many routes are taken, and no matter how many failures- every child can learn. **I strongly believe in order for that to take its place in our world, there has to be teachers who want them to succeed just as much as the students themselves do.**