The author writes that teachers need strong managerial skills, but teaching also requires that practitioners be visionaries as well. He suggests that the part of the teaching profession that makes one a visionary lies in organizing a classroom that promotes reflective thinking, empathy, and broader global identification, encouraging cross-cultural understanding and the ability to step outside of one's personal experiences. He explains that since students respond to images, symbols, colors, and ideas made visible, classroom aesthetics are very important. They can be one key to teaching success during the school year. A new teacher has an opportunity to help shape a child's future in a way that is life-affirming, inclusive, and productive. Teachers who develop their own visionary skills, and understand the genuine purpose of learning, are able to help their students visualize themselves in a future that is successful, and productive.