Curriculum

I think curriculum is something that is always being discussed by the lawmakers and is always in the news, but I wonder what the curriculum will actually be like when I begin my student teaching and eventually my own teaching.  I personally feel that I will want a guidelines as a new teacher as to what I teach my students so I know that I am including everything that they will need to know to succeed in the next classes that they will take.  And I also feel that having some guidelines of what to teach will allow me to have the time to better develop how I will teach and what will be the best way to teach my students.  But after I get over that initial hump, I think the need for the curriculum becomes less important and the collaboration with colleagues becomes more important to make sure that you are preparing students for their additional course work.  In my opinion, the most important part of being a teacher is to make sure that we are providing our students with the best education that we can provide, no matter what type of school or where we teach.  Therefore, whether or not a curriculum is provided I think it is necessary to make sure that we use the freedom we have to be creative and to teach to the best of our ability in each particular class.