-: Education is ever changing.
Not just the field of education, but the subjects.
We teach humans, so every day, every single period
can be different.
I might teach the same thing four times in a row,
but it won't be the same thing because
the students interact differently with it,
they respond differently to you, they come in
with their experience of the day.
So it's a lot of give and take.
Year to year, I might teach the same thing,
but the research changed or the technology changed,
and again the students change.
That's what I love about teaching, it's never the same.
Probably the most challenging aspect is the high degree
of expectations placed on our students and teachers as well,
but it does trickle down to the students.
Sometimes, that high level of expectation,
standardized testing, the ever changing graduation
requirements, really hinders them from critical thinking,
free learning, exploration.
They get pigeonholed.