Love of Job is Answer to Education

   I once went door to door campaigning for office, and, when I was asked about education, I didn't have a good answer.
   Now, I do. And, if it is too simple of a remedy, still it remains the right one. This is the answer.
   The student needs to love being educated and the teacher needs to love teaching. That is the answer. It is no different than with other jobs. If you love your job, you do it proud. If your job is your passion, you do it well. Take all the programs we are coming out with and throw them away if they are taking away the love of being educated or the love of teaching. If they are seen as oppressive, if they are seen as metal hands clamping down from above, they are not likely to increase the love of learning and teaching, but to decrease it.
   Do teachers not like No Child Left Behind?  It might have some nice points in its favor, but if the teachers are rejecting it, it isn't likely adding to their love of teaching.
   Take a singer, he or she will be much more likely to sing a beautiful song if they sing it from the heart. So it is with learning, if the heart is not in it, the program will not matter. But, if it is the desire of one's heart to learn or to teach, then it will be achieved.
   Instill passion instead of just instituting new and additional programs. Passion over programs, that is the answer.