Reflection on Group Interviews

An eventful day of group presentations has given us some reports on the real world thoughts from both the teacher and student perspective. These reports included answers from teachers who loved their jobs and also those who did not, it seemed. They included stories of teachers who loved teaching in a 'new-age' classroom with alternative media usage and students teaching themselves to some degree. There were also teachers who liked teaching in a very traditional classroom using traditional methods.
From the student perspective, there were reports of those who loved mathematics, and their teachers who taught that subject, and those who did not. There were those who enjoyed learning in a traditional classroom setting and those who liked learning with group and modern teaching methods. This began to sound familiar.
It seemed that the only thing that stays constant across the outlook of both the teacher and student is that there is no such thing as a universal perspective. People will think different thoughts about different areas and the methods of no one teacher will be liked by all. It makes me think to my own future teaching days where I will simply bring to the table those methods and strategies that I feel are most effective and try to keep most of the people happy, most of the time.