In the past, education to me was thought of simply as an overload of politics and a lack of funding that was ruining the true educational experience we all strive for. And that all I needed was effective classroom management skills and my students would fall in line like soldiers as I bestowed upon them the knowledge I learned from my university, but like everything in life, it is not that simple. I now see differently, behaviorism although simple, does not consider each individual student as a different person. They each have different ages, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Students will, whether we encourage it or not, construct their own understanding of new knowledge being presented to them from the prospective of their culture and backgrounds. So why do we as a society insist on feeding them as passive recipients of knowledge rather than active participators in their own understanding? Of course we want our students to be active participators in their learning and to engage in their schooling, but doing so is not as simple as it seems. I believe the focus should move from the teacher as the “expert” with all the knowledge to a facilitator who constantly questions their reasoning of even the most basic of understandings. But the teacher should not simply answer all the questions the students might have, students must be guided to find the answers through their own understandings. As humans we learn best from failure and the traditional process of using timed tests to judge a student’s educational ability is demoralizing to the already fragile student self-esteem. In my experience, the ongoing conversations and feedback between the educator and the student give much more insight on the student’s understanding for self-improvement and current ability level. This would not mean timed testing is entirely out of the equation, but to hold all of my students to the exact same standard at one point in time is inhuman in nature; from my perspective failure and experience is how one finds answers and meaning in life. If there is one thing I would want my students to take away from my future classes is that it is okay to fail, in fact it is at times necessary.