A Meaningful Learning Environment

Well... Being a child going to school in the 80s, i think the sort of learning environment is very much teacher centered. We all grew up sitting quietly in the classroom waiting for our teachers to give us the keys to the future. When i was contract teaching in school, i find the vast difference in the ways of teaching in class. Children now are taught to speak up, to have an opinion, to fight for what they want. I think the change is for the better and we should move with times, but being a teacher, we can better guide these young people towards a future that they want. I hope that I can fulfill this role and make the classroom a better and meaningful learning experience for the students.
I feel that my best studying years was my university years. I think we have to be of a certain age to learn to appreciate the value of education.