However, on the first day, when I entered Mr. Euler’s long and narrow classroom, I was soon to find out that my expectations were far from the truth. Mr. Euler was a middle-aged man with two kids; he also possessed a great passion for basketball, and had coached our team to many victories. Perhaps what made this class so enjoyable was his sense of humor. There were days when absolutely nothing was accomplished because he had us all doubled over with laughter the entire period. Despite this, I learned a tremendous amount through this class, and I believed it is one of the most influential and valuable classes I have taken. I credit this to Mr. Euler’s structure of the class and his method of teaching. Through group work, many discussions, and our final exam, he forced us to think for ourselves and make our own conclusions about our beliefs. Instead of drilling his beliefs into our head, he used the class to hear our thoughts, and actually made the class a guide for us as we made our own decisions about what we believe. He forced us to think critically. More high school teachers today need to take up this method of teaching. They need to present the material to students from all different perspectives, giving the student the opportunity to think for himself, and therefore implementing critical thinking into their classroom. To Page 4