The first blog I want to follow is the elementaryteacherblogspot.com because it has posts from teachers that talk about their days and experiences as teachers. The other blog I am following is the http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/ because they talk about current events invilving education.

Fundamentals

I believe the fundamental purpose in schooling and education is to have a successful society. There is a correlation between education and family size. For instance the average family size in the United States is 2.5. because we value education. Generally the more education an adult has, the fewer children he will have. This is because school is expensive, especially higher education. But with the money and other resources that a parent will invest into their children, comes an expectation that the investment will pay off.

Since the amount of education you acquire relates to the type of career you will have and ultimately the amount of resources you will receive.  Having successful children will allow them to compete for resources and therefore be able to have their own offspring. According to Charles Darwin, a persons fitness is not having a bunch of offspring but to have grandchildren. 

The fundamental purpose in learning is to know that you are invested in your own self and your own  reproductive success. My answers are universal, shown across space and time.  Having read multiple scientific studies and journals of human evolutionary ecology is what has given my thoughts fuel.

Reflection

Looking back at my college days I always enjoyed those classes in which my professor's breathed life into the coursework. A consistent theme in which I had noticed about my learning experiences at UNM was that if I found the class interesting I consistently showed up and I consistently did better in the class.  For example, I had a professor named Steve Alley who taught "Psychology of Personality."  His class was outstanding and I always looked forward to going and learning. Now the reason his class was so stimulating to me was because he taught different from most of the professors I had encountered throughout my education. He was definietley not the norm. Everyday we walked into the classroom, Alley had music playing from a boombox, and it was always an uplifting or innovative song recommended by his students.  Right off the bat you got a good feeling about coming to class. Then Alley would teach his courses by going over the textbook material and readings but  he offered his own life experiences to the material. I found that this teaching style made an easier connection to the material being referenced. Having another persons real life story connected to Pavlov's theory of conditioning was so much more interesting than just reading the chapter and taking a multiple choice test. As a prospective teacher, I wish to have Alley's enthusiasm and personal touch while teaching any students.