Education today- two.

The first thing any teacher needs to know-hopefully at the beginning of their career is TEACHING IS AN ART NOT A SCIENCE-The second thing every teacher needs to know is that TEACHERS ARE BORN NOT MADE-the two go together- this is not to suggest that becoming a teacher is easy- it is filled with trial and error - every teacher must find out for himself what it takes to do the job well-and in every school there are usually more than one example among the faculty to follow and be guided by- i certainly had several and will mention them later-how do you know if you are a born teacher?- you find out by loving the work in spite of the challenges- especially at the beginning- how do you know it is an art?-you find out by using the creative part of yourself to address the challenges- this never ends- no matter how long your teaching career is- one year- 30 years or a couple of month- mine is at 30 years now and i still find myself using that creative part of myself to solve problems and face challenges- it is also necessary to be willing and ready to keep learning- as soon a you think you know it all you are in trouble- and even a new teacher can teach an old teacher things he needs to know-more on that later too- the art of teaching necessarily means that the teacher is an artist and no two teachers are alike- every teacher has something important to contribute to a students education and it is com[pletetley unnecessary and unproductive to compare one teacher with another- what works for one may not work for another- what is effective for one may not work for the other- and the fact that some teachers are more popular then others should not enter into it- a teacher that has the best interests of his students at heart can and often does do things that are temporarily unpopular-it may be much later that a student realizes why a teacher had a rule- procedure-method or standard that he adhered to no matter what people said or thought- including students-parents other teachers- or administrators- administrators are a little more difficult as one has to take their opinions into account- but a good administrator will allow his staff the latitude to develop his own methods, approach and style of teaching-each teacher is unique inso far as he has his own creative center and his own truth to express through the art of teaching- a good school will have every kind of teacher-with every kind of approach- however rules must be followed and it is not good to contradict or otherwise undermine another teachers approach in front of the students- or even comment on it for that matter-popular teachers should not have to apologize for being popular- they are often popular in spite of what they are dping- the popular teacher may be the HARDEST TEACHER in the school- with the highest standards and the toughest assignments-students respond to this- if not right away-All for now.