In this episode of “School’s Out,” “Exploring Teaching, What It Means To Be a Teacher,” host Sam Sorbo delves into what the job of teaching entails, especially how it is defined by our system of education. The host begins by asking, “What is teaching and what makes an effective teacher?” Teaching is a verb which means to transfer from one thing to another. We teach students in an effort to give them a good education. We should examine what the desired outcome is of a good education. Instead of the desired outcome of getting into college or a good job, Sorbo suggests that the outcome of education should be “the ability to learn anything the student sets his or her mind and heart on.” When we look at our current education system, learning is institutionalized, and it makes learning new things a fearful and challenging prospect. A child is born …