Teaching as an Art

      When my field study teacher asked us to create a blog for our observations I immediately thought of pottery as my blog's theme because students for me, are mounds of plain clay to be shaped by the hands of teachers and molded by the spinning pottery wheel called experience. Aside from this, I consider teaching as an art for several reasons. One of them is that students are like blank canvases and teachers are brushes and paint that gives color to their lives.  

     At first, I thought teaching was the easiest course until I took up education and that thought slapped me in the face. Teaching is one of the hardest profession there is because it deals with diverse people who have different beliefs and personalities not to mention the responsibility of catering each need of unique students. That's why teachers need to be creative and innovative to convey the lesson in a way that would create an impact to their lives.

     My cooperating teacher never uses the same strategy or she alters parts of her approach to each of her classes because she teaches diverse students who have different cognitive levels. I admire her for her efforts, creativity and love for the teaching profession. She's an inspiration and my time observing her class was worthwhile.