What I know about teaching is how important it is to listen to the students. In a classroom full of children who are raised completely different from one another with all kinds of backgrounds and beliefs, it is essential to respect all those aspects and learn from the students. By learning from my students, I can use that as a tool to reflect onto my classroom strategies. I want my future students to feel encouraged to voice their opinions and spark communication by creating an open environment. Critical thinking is an important skill that I will encourage my students to practice. It is important to me that my students learn skills academically and intellectually to prepare them for the real world.

I hope to become a teacher that my students can trust. I want my students to know that my classroom will be a safe place for expression. I will be open to all types of questions. People say "curiosity kills the cat", but in my opinion, if people were afraid to be curious, then no one would learn new lessons in life. I want my students to be curious because then that means that my students are practicing critical thinking and really enjoying the lessons I present because it is catching their attention enough to make them sit and come up with questions on it.