How to Start HOMESCHOOLING with motherhoodbyterri

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The two most important things about education are teaching and learning, one does not exist without the other. Real learning occurs when both teachers and students keep open minds, consider all possibilities, and keep progressing. To do this both must always find the beginning, then start. Education is experiencing the joys of learning together and sharing both common interests and new ideas. Education is making sure that children learn by creating the staircase of experiential background for them to proceed upward to future knowledge. Each person has a responsibility to himself for owning his own education, therefore, each person should actively pursue knowledge to help create the whole person who they deserve to become. Education should be well-rounded so that it will include both self-help skills along with the set curriculum and thus build a positive self-image in the student because building confidence in students helps them to become successful in society. To do this, education must have established attainable goals that fit each student’s needs.

As a teacher, I believe that teamwork is important, just as it is in a family. Parents or caregivers are aides in the children's success; thus they are needed in my classroom. Caring attitudes need to shine forth. because children require a secure feeling in their learning experience; children have a right to learn in a non-threatening environment. As a teacher, I should try to always be tolerant of mistakes; I should act as a role model and a friend, never an expert. Small classrooms are not only the most effective means for learning but also one of my requirements. Children come to my class to learn reading and writing and arithmetic because these are the foundations for their future. my job is to instruct so students can learn. Classroom control, like respect, can be earned rather than dictated; extreme discipline is the parents' job. I care for my class; however, I am not society's free babysitter. Peer tutoring is effective for all ages; students should not be segregated into different grades. The staircase of education consists of disequilibrium, with each step up to equilibrium. It is my job to help students keep their balance so they will not fall.

When I teach, I will respect students’ rights as long as they respect the rights of others. I want to help create humans, not "robots". Therefore, I will help to mold children's talents to fit individual learning styles, interests, and abilities. I will allow those to complement my classroom. I will remember that all my students are special. "The only difference between them and me is that they have begun to understand what they really are, and I have begun to practice it: " I will work to overcome my limitations in an orderly, patient fashion. When I fail, I will pick up the pieces and try again. I will look for the good in my students, even when no one else can see it, and try to help that good shine forth. I will be a leader, not a follower. I will be courageous to make changes when I see they are necessary. I will be conscious of society's paradigms and ready for any changes. I will continue climbing the staircase, looking for knowledge, and when I think I find it, I will adjust my thinking and climb some more.

I believe that teaching is reaching all students in order to complement their individual needs, interests, and talents. Teaching may be hard work, yet it is joyful. A teacher's job is never done, and teachers are the hardest workers of all. It takes self-sacrifice to help students. Teaching is learning; therefore, teachers can't be stuck on knowing everything because there is always something new to learn. Learning is like the optical illusion of a staircase which never seems to have an ending, it continues from birth to death. Teaching is creating the future and keeping a sense of humor.