I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. 
--Bob DylanThis quote was originally tweeted by @fear2love and it really struck a chord with me. In particular, I liked how it could apply to education.
Check it out with one minor change:
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each student as she/he is, without prior rules about what she/he should be.
I think most teachers are already thinking this way or are moving towards thinking this way. But there are others who are still terribly teacher-focused instead of being student-focused. In simplest terms, those teachers need to realize that without students, they would have no purpose. It is the students who make up the school. Without them, a school is just an empty building.
Jen, who are you kidding! It is all about me, the teacher. They should be honored to be in my presence and absorb the information I give them. It is then up to them to get the information and apply it to their lives. Geez, I can't do everything for them...they are teenagers after all.
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