Educating the 'Whole Child"

To the doctor, the child is a typhoid patient; to the playground supervisor, a first baseman; to the teacher, a learner of arithmetic. At times, he may be different things to each of these specialists, but too rarely is he a whole child to any of them.
—From the 1930 report of the White House Conference on Children and Youth

Personality Types

I have actually been interested in personality types for a while. It was actually two entertainers on YouTube who inspired me to learn about them. So doing this assignment I knew what my Myers-Briggs personality type was, which is INFP. However learning about the other two personality assessments and even doing a quiz to see what my Keirsey Temperate was interesting. As you can tell from the photo above I was given idealist. I’ve always thought I was the opposite of an idealist due of the childhood I had, but I guess I was wrong; it must have had the opposite effect. Reflecting on my life now, there are four simple truths, which are connected to me being idealistic. 

Characteristics of an Excellent Teacher

A teacher is the most important job in the world. In short, they are the people who educate the leaders of tomorrow the theories behind everything and how to apply these theories. However, in order to teach students effectively, there are certain characteristics to enhance the short amount of time each teacher has with the multitude of students. After observing my teachers this past week, observing Dr. Bilaniuk in my mentorship classroom, reflecting on all the teachers I have had in the past and researching what others have found to be characteristics of excellent classroom teachers, I have found 5 common characteristics. The characteristics include understanding, resiliency, passionate, patience and determination. By having these characteristics teachers are able to efficiently educate students.