oh i forgot. so about those books i am reading for class, well i probably should be reading about them rather than talking about them, lol. but anywhoo. i'd like to talk about my philosophy of education

i believe very strongly that educating for change is important. i believe that education could go a long way in our pursuit of peace, liberty and justice for all. i believe knowledge is power. i believe our students should be learning in a way that is tailored to their own needs (i believe in individualized education). i believe the education should be child centered, but the curriculum should be society centererd (what do our children need to know to be compassionate, kind, informed, productive, loving members of our society). kids have innate intelligence, compassion, imagination, kindness and love. we need to cultivate these lovely lovely traits whilst teaching them how the world works. We need to teach them how the government works, how we got to that government, and what different people think and beleive. It has to be done in a way that is interesting and relevant to them. Memorization that leads to forgetting in five seconds is NOT acceptable. How about when they get to the upper elementary grades having the kids look at newspapers and then talking about the geography/history/economics/religion behind it??? how about having mock elections (FOR EVERY election), how about having kids create ideal societies, and then looking at real societies with similar premises?? How bout having kids read historical novels and primary sources? How bout sharing with them the controversial nature of remembering history? how bout teaching them real literature, help them to expand their minds, and talking about the values/ideas in it? Or letting them choose out of a whole bunch of books, and having them read only a bit at a time????????????????????????? And the basics of science are clearly neccesary, but leave the expert stuff to the experts, because too much info will lead to forgetfullness (and most def, have tonnns of debates) or have kids argue a side in a journal or something, or make them write a paper, after researching. . . yea there is a lot of stuff you can do. . . .