C.S. Lewis stated that, "the role of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts."
As a teacher, I find this to ring very true to my own philosophy as an educator and a parent. Students come to me with various abilities, needs, interests, and talents. it is my foremost job to develop the person they are in all ways possible and to help them to be an integral part of thier own mental, emotional, and spiritual growth.