Teaching is like baking a cake.....

Teaching is like baking a cake because with the right ingredients you can create a wonderful masterpiece. The foundation of education correlates with the cake mix. Without a foundation there is nothing for the cake to build upon. Things like being able to read, creativity, and the ability to right makes up the foundation for a students school career. Then by reading the instructions, following the directions, and adding the right ingredients it will create a cake. Just as students need instruction, must learn how to follow direction, and need to be taught the correct things in order to grow and learn. The cake will not bake if you don't turn the oven on and heat it up. Students need someone to turn the light bulb switch in their head and grasp their interest. In order for the cake to taste good and the student to learn you should follow the instructions.

The main ideas I took away from this class to help better me as a teacher is learning how to teach every kind of student. Equality is important and each student, regardless of size,race, mental ability,should receive a fair education. It is crucial to teach students more than one way to solve a problem. Everyone's mind works differently and comes from different homes, so therefore it is important to know your students' strengths and weaknesses. Mostly I learned that learning should be fun! The first thing you need to do in a classroom is grab the students' interest and then get the ball rolling, encouraging them to think on their own. Creativity and uniqueness are going to be the main criteria in my future classroom. I learned an amazing amount of stuff from each of my classmates and their blogs. Being able to see another students point of view, or how they attacked the subject/ felt about it, really helped me to get a better understanding on most assignments. I learned ways to teach multicultural classrooms, I learned about famous educators and their theories, and mainly I learned how to teach about holidays. I was struck the most by how much I loved the online class and how well I excelled in it. This class really helped me to "put my foot in the door" of education.The blogs and each of the assignments taught me to have patience, encourage students to be different and creative. I hope to be a great teacher in the future!