I was friends with all of the smart kids . They were always trying to fit-in with the popular crowd and did not act like themselves. Another purpose of today s schools is teaching students how to be individuals and to foster their own ideas. Once my smart friends understood that being smart was not a flaw but a gift, they realized that they were cool in their own way. They also realized that being different was not a bad thing.
Teachers can play a large role in the safety levels in the school.
Teachers can best help students learn by being a positive role model and by having high expectations for all of their students. I believe that the most important thing for teachers to do is to encourage their students to explore the world and discover their own answers. In the book, Dangerous Minds, the teacher shows her students how to find their own answers and how to be proud of whom they are. Teachers can only teach so many facts, after that students need to know how to problem solve and how to find their own beliefs. Teachers have an enormous amount of power over children s lives and therefore should use the power to positively impact students lives.