It is very important for a teacher to have a philosophy about education that includes goals for that teacher’s classroom.  One very important goal is that each child learns as much as possible, no matter what.  A teacher should try everything possible to help the students learn.  All too often, teachers do not try to teach all of the students, but only the brightest and the fastest ones.  Also, when a teacher learns that a child has a learning disability, it is easy for that teacher to look over that child and think that s/he can not be helped.  I think that it is important for a teacher to learn how to help learning disabled children learn.  Another goal for my classroom will be to make learning as fun as possible.  Children learn the best when they are moving, and I will try to make the class as mobile as I can.  Children also want to know why they are learning what they are learning.  When I was in school, it was never explained to us why we learned things such as long division.  The teachers just taught it like it was.  I will try to explain to my students why it is important to learn what I am teaching.  Also, I think that children should be involved in their learning.  Instead of having them sit in their seats and listen to a lecture all day, I will let them discuss, move and be a part of their learning.  If children feel like they have some control, even if it is a small amount of control, in their learning, I believe that they will be more eager to learn.  It is also my goal to get the parents of my students as involved in my classroom as possible.  Parents are very important, and the more involved they are, the better off the students will be.  In schools, it is often forgotten that the students are the most important part, and, that without them, the teachers would not have jobs.  My biggest goal will be to make my students feel important and feel good about themselves.  If students have good self-esteem, I think that they will do better in schools.  Children’s lives are hard enough without any added difficulties, such as being picked on or made fun of by others.  If everyone involved plays their part, I believe that learning will be the outcome by all.  Students learn from teachers, but just as importantly, teachers must learn from students.