Molding Young Minds

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:33:54 EST

To teach is the ultimate contribution one can bestowupon a young mind, whether it is an impressionable preschooler or, anadult at the collegiate level. That old adage, "A young mind is aterrible thing to waste," holds more truth than fallacy.

A fullschool day is a long time to try and retain the interest of thosestudents in attendance. A teacher's job is never easy and to have toplan out lessons in advance can prove tedious and a challenge at best.It is very easy for young children and teenagers to lose focus if ateacher simply stands in the front of the room, talks in a straightmonotone voice for a full thirty minutes while reading from anycurriculum book and does not offer anything better. You can almostvisualize in your mind a classroom of "bobble heads" nodding off fromsheer boredom when something intriguing is not offered to appeal totheir sense of adventure and curiosity.

The exceptional teachersare the ones who add drama, presentation, characterization and pizzazzto their lessons to simply "WOW" their students into believing they aresomewhere else other than in a classroom. No one says a teacher has tobe a creative genius but, shaking it up a little, stepping outside oftheir comfort zone and doing something other than the norm willinitiate a positive reaction. Competition is stiff nowadays andstudents as young as five years old are being exposed in waves to 3-Danimated movies, video games and the web.

Providing the righttools and an ever-changing, exciting environment will captivatestudents, create active participation, generate positive results andmake learning a joy for all parties involved.

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Molding Young Minds