I’m a substitute teacher.
I know that sounds like I only work when I feel like it and I’m not a real teacher, but the truth is that I’ve been in various public school classrooms every school day since March 2018.
I was homeschooled myself from Kindergarten through 8th grade, and I went to a private Christian school for high school. My first two years of college were at a community college. And in addition to a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biblical Studies, I am certified to teach English in the state of Missouri. So I’ve experienced quite the spectrum of educational approaches.
As such, I’ve had a front row seat to what works and is not working in education.
Like elsewhere on this site, it all boils down to live in Love; find your true reward.
For teachers, this means taking pride in our work and loving students enough to challenge them. For administrators, it means expecting more from students than the bare minimum—academically and behaviorally. For students, this means treating classmates and teachers with respect and growing into responsible, well-rounded adults.
It has nothing, specifically, to do with religion, despite many calling for the 10 Commandments to be put in classrooms. But even if it did explicitly connect to religion, Jesus reframed the 10 Commandments as two: love God and love people. And we actually love God when we love people.
Teaching people basic human decency is a huge win for both Christianity and education. And over the centuries, education has resulted in hospitals, vaccines, and various technologies that make our lives better. The Christian worldview would credit God with this reality.
So education is extremely important. We neglect it to our own peril—to the next generation’s peril. Here at live in Love; find your true reward, you can read my musings on education in several specific veins: book reports, homeschooling curriculum outlines, and classroom tips and tricks. I will also seek to dismantle myths about public education here.
Here’s to bettering the world one student at a time.
In this with you.
Thanks for reading.
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