Curriculum isn’t the text read in a classroom. Curriculum isn’t the standard dictated by the state to perfect in students. Curriculum isn’t the core values of a school. Curriculum isn’t made to ensure performance on a test. Curriculum, somehow, encompasses all of that without forcing one of them to take priority. Curriculum is the experience. Back in my teacher-preparation program, my professor, in teaching us how to teach students new concepts, said this: “Allow them to experience something before you label it.” That is, allow them to argue before you label methods as rhetoric. Allow them to break manipulatives apart before you label it as analysis. Teaching works best when the students can relate it to something they themselves have experienced. Then, that experience becomes learning. Curriculum is the collection of those learning experiences. Curriculum is the experience a student—an individual student—has in the classroom. Those experiences in the classroom come from the teacher, the texts, the handouts, the classroom itself, the students. Each year, each month—each day—those experiences change. Curriculum is the thousands of different aspects of a classroom on a given day. Curriculum is the interaction students have with those thousands of aspects—the moments that in years and years they will look back on and be able to say, “I remember…” Curriculum cannot be one thing. Because it is all things in creating positive learning experiences for students. The study and development of curriculum should be focused on creating positive learning experiences for all students.