Whenever a teacher teaches, she makes assumptions about how students learn, but so often she fails to fully consider what these assumptions are. To develop as teachers, we need to be constantly questioning our assumptions. Teaching technique is not enough. Technique is the icing on the cake, and so often fits into place once we are aware of more fundamental assumptions. A teacher with the most wonderful techniques in the world will not succeed unless she is aware of herself and aware of where all these techniques are taking her students.