My Philosophy of Nursing Education

     As I reflect on this past assignment of formulating my philosophy of education it took me awhile to finished the subject matter, for being a minority I can't help but put myself  back in the school premise I had back home. I found this assignment so mind provoking in a sense that I can't help but compare. As far as I can remember, schooling for me at that time revolves around books, papers, libraries and memorization ( tons of memorization). I remember asking myself then if this is all what learning is all about. But now I realized that it was the very basic fundation of what and who I am now. I now have a clearer understanding of how important it is to always start from the basics for these will direct the path you are going to take. Now that I am planning to become a teacher someday, I now have a better understanding of how I can be an effective and efficient student advocate. I will still use books, papers, libraries and yes, tons of memorizations to educate my students but this time I will make sure to practice reflective thinking more so that my students will use our classroom as their avenue of expressing their ideas. I want my students to learn from me but I would also want to learn from my students. That is what kind of a teacher I want to be.