The document discusses an educator's philosophy of emphasizing understanding over memorization. The educator focuses on helping students understand the reasons and principles behind ideas, not just outcomes, by encouraging open discussion, group work, and essay questions. The goal is to make lessons practical and applicable to real life by integrating examples from various careers. Experience as a teaching assistant helped the educator learn how to relate to students and promote critical thinking by having students occasionally take the role of educator. The hope is that students will be open-minded about an enthusiastic teaching style focused on free thinking and forming independent ideas.