The Key to Success

     Being a student who has gone through almost fourteen years of education, you quickly pick up on what works and what does not in a learning environment. Although, both students and teachers have obligations that they must meet before they walk out of class on the last day of the semester, I feel that the need for the students to truly excel is misunderstood in the eyes of some educators. As a student I feel that there is a lack of communication between the two parties that must be addressed, because students want to feel engaged in what they are learning, but if the learning environment is turned into a hostile war zone where they must continuously try to tip toe around their teacher without messing up or being put in their "bad-books", the student will not enjoy or want to be in the classroom. This can lead them to develop an unhealthy pattern of not caring what happens around them at their school. If projects or assignments give some space for self expression, where the students can make their project unique, I believe that it can help develop relationship between educator and student as the educator begins to have a sense of who each student truly is. The key to success is communication, because if students have a voice in what their opinions are in the classroom the educator and the ministry can develop a method that benefits the students and the teachers. So that students have the material they need to make the transition into post-secondary as easy as possible. So by students speaking up about their needs, the school environment can become a welcoming environment where students want to go to everyday.