Ideal Classroom

My ideal classroom is in a school somewhere close to home. School will be in a quaint little neighborhood. It's a small town so everyone walks to school. The parent are all very caring and volunteer at the school a lot. Everyone is the town knows every one's name. Everyone is very involved and works to make theirs a great community.
My classroom is spacious, almost to the point where I worry I won't have enough students to fill it. Our community is always growing and this year I will have 22 students. I have equal number of both boys and girls. I am teaching the second grade. My classroom has great synergy. My students are all very energetic and enthusiastic to learn. All of my students desks are put into tables because I want to have plenty of group activities.
I have a great reading center. It's in the corner of the room. It is decorated in a Hawaiian theme. The Reading Paradise is the name. There are palm trees with a hammock in between. There are also lawn chairs and big bags so the students can get comfortable. There is a heavily stocked book case that the students can indulge in during free time. The reading center will get kids excited about reading. Our classroom is also very colorful and full of my student's art work. We have a bulletin board that is changed once a week to conform with our theme for that week.
My desk and work station is in another corner. It is very neat and organized. I store most of my stuff on my lab top. We have a regular black board as well as a smart board. Our classroom is very technology friendly. We also have a screen and projector. We have ten computers in another corner where students can take advantage of them.
My colleagues are very knowledgeable, they probably have more experience than me. They are very helpful and have lots of great ideas. We like to get together as class and participate in switching classes and having each teacher teach a subject.
I will be in charge of teaching history. I want to go about in a very interactive way. I want my students to get a glimpse of back in time. I am going to let the students do a lot of teaching themselves. They will do reports where they have to present the history to the classroom. I want to do a lot of hands on activities because I feel that is one of the best ways to learn.
My classroom will develop our goals as a class. I would hope that we would want to all work together and include everyone. To treat everyone with respect. To all have integrity. Lets face it if I have the perfect classroom my children would all be saints, but what fun would that be?

Video Reflection: Dalton Sherman; Do You Believe in Me?
This video was is of an inspirational speech given by a student. The student is asking his teachers to believe in him. He said that in order for him to succeed he needs us to believe in him. We need to believe in our students, our colleagues, ourselves. I think as a new teacher you naturally want to believe in your students, you lean on your colleagues, but it's probably really hard to believe in yourself.