Walt Whitman, who is a major poet and an outstanding person when it come to the history of America. He was born in West Hills , long island in New York. Whitman had many views about teaching and education. Everyone has their own opinions on teaching and how they should be taught. Continue to read and I will share my opinion and thoughts along side with Whitman's thoughts and his opinions as well. Walt Whitman's main focus was on the potential of average children, to teach them better and to have effective learning. To start off there, I agree with that, everyone should be learning and taking in what they are learning. He was very cautious when it came to the flexibility and discipline in the classroom. He wanted the kids to have a pleasant learning environment, where they can come and they can feel safe. Once again, I highly agree with that as well. He also believed in each child as their own, where each child had their own worth. That not all kids are bad, or are all perfect or good. The children themselves will set their own standards and their own worth with their actions and what they do. …show more content…
They cannot always rely on the opinion of others to get through their own work. With that statement, I highly agree with, I wish I was more self reliant and independent. Kids cannot grow up relying on others, if they grow up that way then that is how they will always live, relying on others. He urged teachers and parents to understand how their children best learn and to help them in their own way. No one learns the same, if its with reading, or writing or even drawing it and explaining it up on the board. Everyone learns different. and in order to teach the kids correctly and efficiently we must teach them in the best way they