Which philosophy suits you best?When I enter the field of education, I am faced with many questions. Will students like me? Will I have a large class? Will I be a good teacher? Some of the questions that absolutely need to be answered before entering the classroom: What methods should I use to teach? What aspects of the methods will work best for me? Which philosophy best exemplifies how I want to convey the learning process to my students? In my quest to become an elementary teacher I will use a variety of aspects drawn from past educational philosophers. As long as each child is learning, I feel like I'm achieving my goal, and a difference is being made, I'm on my way to being successful in the classroom. Of all the philosophies I have been taught and researched in my education classes, I feel I will likely use essentialism, the most dominant and widely accepted philosophy currently in classrooms today. For example, I think that after teaching a lesson each student should have to take a test to evaluate how well they understood the information and hopefully be able to demonstrate to me how well I taught the information. Mastery of the material should be practiced in the classroom. The student may not progress further in a lesson until the proposed idea has been taught and mastered. My belief in Perennialism, the second philosophy of my choice, is not as strong as Essentialism, although I feel I will use some aspects, such as class discussion and essay writing. I believe that students are more open and opinionated when asked questions and may feel comfortable knowing that they can ask questions and discuss their answers freely. Two key points of this philosophy that I find myself using even now in the lessons I attend are the time dedicated to the task and precision. I divide my time appropriately and allow sufficient time to complete the work as well as the goal of completion. Also, set a schedule so I know when I need to do certain tasks. The same idea will be reflected on my students when they see that I have set the dates as a guideline to manage my time appropriately, as well as their time in class.