How Do You Envision Education?

I have been thinking a lot about the public school system in Ohio and in the United States in general. I am currently putting together a tutor poster for the America Reads program. This poster will be hung in the hallway of Prospect Elementary School so that the students, teachers, staff, and parents can see and read about the America Reads tutors who come into the school to tutor. As I was writing down the tutors' information in a Word document, I asked myself what I thought the kids would think of when they read "major?" Would this get them excited as they thought about what field or fields they wanted to be experts in when they got older? Would it be inspiring? And then I asked myself, "What kind of learning do kids get excited about either at that moment or for their future?" And then the question flipped to me: what fields of learning was I excited about?

I want to pose a question that I have been asked during an America Reads workshop in previous years: What is your ideal school? This includes structure, who runs it, how long is it, who attends, what are the values or mission of the school?

This question ties into Patience's post from two weeks ago as well...thinking about what we focus on in school and how to incorporate other important aspects of learning.