Blog #9: Teaching Philosophy pt 2 "Musings"

Okay, I'm going to just dump this:  I was considering what I would put down on my teaching philosophy. I figure I would be talking about things I believe would be best in the classroom when I teach, and what I have learned thus far that has really stuck with me. However, when I consider teaching things like the Pentad, the importance of discourse as a form of power through the teachings of Michel Foucault, the importance of understanding the rhetorical triangle as it applies to everyday life - I came to the (obvious?) realization that these things are more useful at the 16 - college age group. While Rhetoric and Composition can be implemented in all avenues and in some ways taught at any level, I have found a hurdle: I'm trying to teach these advanced (based on their knowledge base) theories and techniques to children. I like teaching middle school. I feel I would best benefit by either changing my teaching philosophy so as to cater it to this preference or simply shift my perceived attention to a high school senior English class. I believe that this might be the only way to mold an applicable philosophy because everything I have been considering researching so far has been to benefit my students. I think I need to start thinking about another path or a way to take all I have learned and make it work for junior high. IDK - but that's why we're here, right?