Paulo Freire defined the ideal teacher as devoted to "scientific formation, ethical rectitude, respect for others, coherence, a capacity to live with and learn from what is different, and an ability to relate to others..." I take this Sophist approach with my classrooms. My objective is to equip students with the critical thinking skills necessary to make their own discoveries, reason out their own thoughts, discern right from wrong and true from erroneous. I want my students to grow into wel...