The purpose of school is to educate and give experiences to students. School should focus on expanding academics and social/civic skills. Students should be provided with essential knowledge and skills within the classroom. Along with skills that will teach students to participant in our society. I view myself as a teacher with a progressivism educational philosophy. It is important that students learn responsibility, communication, and problem solving while in school. Students will learn responsibility by coming to school prepared, ready to learn, and turning in work on time. Communication will be learned through open class discussions and small group activities with their peers. Lastly, problem solving will be learned through hands on activities, group work, trail and error, assignments, and assessments. My students will learning most of the curriculum interactively. I will interact with my students as a whole for main curriculum topic, and then I will interact on a smaller scale: small groups or even one on one. My classroom will be set up in a student centered style, so students can interact and learn with each other. Students will be able to experiment with ideas/thoughts in order to better understand the content. If someone enters my classroom, then I would be viewed as a compass guiding all my students in right path. My students will be viewed as sponges soaking up all the valuable information.