Learning is defined by Webster's Dictionary as: "The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill." Webster's also defines teaching as "To cause to learn by example or experience." On the other hand the dictionary I called "life" would define these two things very differently than what the dictionary gives.

Long ago for a college writing assignment, I read a lecture by a very famous author named Ralph Waldo Emerson. That writing was called "The American Scholar." and it very much opened my eyes to some of the problems I see in today's schooling systems. Although this particular piece was written over 150 years ago, many of the points Emerson makes still ring true this very day in the 21st century, as I speak to you I decided to adopt a Emersonion dogma towards the running the aptly named "Emerson High School."

As a student of high school...