tion, etc... In Emile, Rousseau commentsthat if he makes the student feel that he has put hi time, his labor, and his effort intoprojects (the garden) than the student will take care of the garden more carefully than ifthe garden was planted by someone else and the student simply had to tend to it.These ideas can also be applied to discipline in the classroom. If children areheld responsible for their actions, than they are much more likely to control themselvesin potentially disruptive situations.These ideas are the basis of my philosophy. I believe that even the students whohave lower academic abilities should have an opportunity to receive a comparableeducation to those students who will eventually receive their Ph.D., because everystudent will eventually contribute to our society, and an education helps determinewhether this contribution will be positive or negative....
