What I Believe...My Educational Philosophy
As I prepare to share my blog for a class assignment, I noted that one defining factor in what I believe as an educator is missing. If you have read some of my "From the Heart" series, you might have noted some of the defining moments in my career - those that have shaped me from the fresh faced 21 year old entering the classroom for the first time, thinking all of my students would love me and would strive constantly to make straight A's. Through these times and everyday that I enter a classroom, my ideas of what I believe constantly evolve - a metamorphosis of sorts. As a young teacher, I believed that my content was important. Having been an English major, teaching 9th grade, I thought my enthusiasm for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Odyssey would carry my students into a love of books. I quickly learned that my love for literature was not necessarily THEIR love for literature - and it was about much more than that. Literature is not the be all and end all-it is inst
