Difficult Importance

Well, I would have to say that there are two things that I think are equally difficult and important that teachers need to do. First, trying to meet the needs of the whole class and the individual students at the same time. I am not a teacher yet, but it's not hard to imagine that a teacher (or anyone for that matter) would want every individual student to succeed in class. This brings me to my next point, which admittedly may be a little sappy or mushy or sensitive, but personally I think that this is one of the most crucial things a teacher can do. So what is it? Teaching children to believe in themselves. I think we live in a world that increasingly places pressure on people to conform and mold themselves so as to fit into a certain ideal or image. I think that it is important for teachers to teach children that individuality is important and that it's okay to be different from other people. I think that children need to be taught that they can be whoever they want to be, that they can accomplish great things and do whatever they put their minds to. I believe that we live in a world where a lack of belief in one's self is ever increasing, and I think that as teachers teaching belief and confidence in their students can be one of the most difficult and challenging and incredibly important things they can do.