Reflection 15

With passion comes great learning. That it my way of saying, "Interest proceeds learning." And that is exactly what I observed during our visit to Heber high school. What I saw was a teacher who loved his subject matter so much that his students and technological availability excelled. He was adamant to keep pushing the school board to let him purchase bigger and better material; he was also determined to to dedicate much of his free time. These two things along with a love for seeing students grow in learning assisted him in developing one of the coolest high school programs that I have ever seen. Not only was it a complete television and production class, it had professional technology that I know BYU would love to get its hands on. It seemed that the teachers pride and joy was being able to see the students grow and become self-sufficient; over a short amount of time, he didn't even have to tell the kids what to do. They just did it on their own with efficiency.
I want to be able to love my students that much. I want to be able to excel in teaching woodworking just as much or more than this teacher has in his field. I want the school systems to continue granting the educational inclusion of technology classes such as wood shop and not dispose of it because of the override of computers or core classes. If my field of woodworking can still be taught in the schools, I will prove to the school board that it is a fundamental course to take to help students in wide variety of achievements.