personal information ED 500 assignment

1:  Aaron Steindler, Mentor, OH, asteindler13@jcu.edu
2:  "Aaron"
3:  I want to teach high school physics.
4:  I am a bit of a comedian, to say the least.
5:  I must know that there is no penalty of grade or embarrassment for disagreeing with the instructor/ majority
6:  I consider myself to be an independent learner who likes to learn in a less guided manner.  I like to explore different philosophical viewpoints and pick and choose an eclectic synthesis of thoughts.  I also do not want to learn something unless I see value in what I am learning.
7:  I have a great photographic memory, and can often remember where a passage was located on a certain part of a page in a book.  I usually retain images and their general locations within a book.  I am a bit kinesthetic, but I am predominantly visual.
8:  My best memories of being a student often occur outside of the classroom.  I will often spend several hours at a time surfing the internet, trying to understand complex philosophical or physical issues in modern society, from theology to high energy physics.  I was never obligated to understand this stuff, but I feel that I have bettered myself from my academic freelancing.
9:  Money.  I am not trying to become rich, but I cannot be too happy being told that the state cannot afford for me to make a reasonable salary, and pay back my student loans.  It concerns me that many students are permanently denied of a good education because the individuals in power do not properly allocate the necessary funds.  Also, I am very against standardized testing.
10:  DO:  explain the connection between learning/teaching and actual classroom experience  STUDY:  Connect content with praxis II questions with plt section,  BE:  intellectuals who have a holistic sense of what is truly good for education   AVOID:  memorization of inert, useless facts not relevant to the classroom.