I have never been a classroom teacher, and for that reason, the module on Managing the Learning Environment has been the most challenging for me so far. I strongly believe that what challenges me is what helps me grow, so I have spent a lot of time listening to my peers, reading their learning environment plans, researching strategies that teachers use, from blogs, articles and videos. In doing my assignments for this module, apart from the research I did on other teachers’ experiences and strategies, I also drew from my experiences, expectations and disappointments as a student, and surveyed friends and family about their student experiences, what they appreciated and what they had hoped would have been different. The ideal classroom culture is one that promotes student involvement and participation, where students take charge of their own learning, where they want to be in the class, are excited to learn and make progress and feel supported in their learning. For students to feel ex