My Philosophy of Education and Training

I believe that each child is a unique individual who needs a caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. It is my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential by giving them knowledge then facilitating their growth.
I believe in establishing an atmosphere of mutual respect in the classroom between teacher and students, as well as between students and students. If a teacher models respect and compassion, the students will respond in the same fashion, not only towards the teacher but also towards each other. I believe that it is crucial for teachers to model the behavior we wish to encourage among our students.
Each student learns differently, and it is very important to meet their needs by learning each students learning style and monitoring their progress with a variety of assessments in order to implement instructions that draw upon each student’s strength.

I understand that you can only teach what you know and I am constantly trying to learn new techniques/skills/art history facts that can help students. I want them to leave with the knowledge and self-confidence that will allow them to go out into the world and compete on an equal footing. It is up to me to gain the skills and knowledge that will allow me to prepare students for this tremendous challenge.

Hitler and Art

About a week ago I was watching a PBS show on Hitler and his love for art. He loved it so much that he started a whole holocaust over it and had hundreds of people killed. Once he enter a town he was would steal the art and he had a whole list of artist whom he wanted and he took it by force.
What is really intriguing, I feel the reason for his crazed deranged mind; he was rejected twice from an art school in Vienna.. He was pretty much told he suck… behind all his beautiful paintings and drawing was a very sick and deranged man. Maybe it was the rejection that sent him over the edge. If he was just admitted into the art school many lives could have been saved .. Art is powerful… that’s just my opinion.

Zion

Now that I am with Zion, I am so much more happier. I can live like this for the rest of my life. God has shown me what happiness is and happiness is Zion.

Pieter Claesz and 17th Century Art

The 17th Century was a time of war, plaque and religious persecution. The Roman Catholic church played a big roll on how most painting were painted. Most had representational religious backgrounds. It was suppose to express power, seriousness and control. The representational religious themed backgrounds were very dark. The roman catholic church encouraged these type of paintings. Then there where still life which was a phenomenon for artist to carefully observe and record the everyday stuff. Even though the religious painting were suppose to make your faith stronger, the backgrounds were still dark and to me kind of contradicted the subject. For me Pieter Claesz still life paintings fit the background to it’s true self. Some of his still life painting represented death. When you think of death you think of darkness.


In Pieter Claesz still life with a skull and a writing quill, the monochromatic scheme really works with the back ground and the still life that were use like the skull, were very successful in portraying the message he was try to tell. This painting represents a passage of time or a present that is no longer here. The same with the Vanitas still life with the spinaro. It also represents the passage of time.

The still life with turkey pie really speaks to me it’s a beautiful arrangement of food. The light bounces off the monochromatic background which gives the food a more realistic look. Since I have issues with food this painting really speaks to me. It’s says to me it’s “good but it can kill you too.” I know most would not get that out of this painting but I guess my mind work differently.

Source: Keiner, Fred. Gardner’s Art though the ages.Boston ,MA: Baxker, 2009, page 690