New School vs. Old School

       Today we have many teachers that are veterans. They know what they are doing and have been around a while, they've had to deal with all the different teaching techniques being forced into their classrooms and learn to adapt over the years. In comparison to that we have the new teachers, they are fresh out of school and ready to take on the task. The biggest difference between the two is that new teachers are coming into their classrooms fully prepared for the technology in the class and how to utilize it most efficiently. This gives them an advantage. Technology changes every year, it improves, it's innovative, and it can die off too. New teachers are coming in knowing the newest version of technology in the classroom and they are fully prepared for it to change every year and for them to have to learn and tweak lessons. They know this, they are expecting this. So, where does that leave our veterans? Veterans of the classroom are vital to teaching and new teachers can learn a lot from them, but the best teachers are those that listen to other people. We need to remember that new teachers do have a lot more training in areas that a lot of veterans never had the opportunity to learn. This means that yes our veteran teachers can learn something from the fresh faced new teacher on campus. Sometimes this can be hard for teachers to accept. Yes, our teachers have always worked their hardest and definitely have done a great job at teaching our children, but times change. The world is changing and developing, and our methods of teaching have to grow as well. We want our children to have the finest education they can have, and new teachers working together with our best veterans is going to give them that. So, I am not saying that one is better than the other, "new school" or "old school," rather I am saying that together they become the best possible outcome. Both techniques, both people, united our children will be unstoppable.