Official curriculum is important when you are introducing topics.  I feel that official curriculum can also be utilized in the classroom when you are needing a "physical source" for students that need that textbook structure.  Yet, when you are looking at that official curriculum you are able to realize that it is not always going to "cut" it.  You are definitely going to need supplemental instruction.  I feel that when you are able to to get to that supplemental material you as a teacher are going to be able to see the students reaching to a different level of learning. 

     I see myself as being part reconceptualist, because of the openness that you are able to bestow on your classroom.  I realize that as a new teacher I am going to need the official curriclum to be my base.  I am hoping to use that material, and then be able to expand beyond it.  I feel that as the years go by I will be able to utlize the different materials that available to give my students benefits that they will not find with just the official curriculum.  I am excited about learning more about reconceptualism as I grow in teaching.