Students must become familiar with primary source material and be able to interpret this information to draw basic conclusions about content and validity. Rote memorization and the lecture format in secondary education are dinosaurs long ago extinct as desirable teaching techniques. We now must challenge our students to use the imagination and innovation that has brought our society to its current state. Analysis through writing should be utilized at all stages of the learning process. Most importantly, a classroom environment in which the student assumes complete responsibility for their success must be instituted.
Teaching is a unique and challenging field.
Every day, educators get the opportunity to positively affect the lives of our nation's future. While at first this may seem to be an incredibly daunting task, upon further consideration, it becomes a job filled with opportunity and potential. Teachers become a driving a and encouraging force. For many students, their teachers are the first people who demand from them their absolute best, and then even more. Through teaching, the desire and love of learning can be passed on to younger generations over and over again.