I kind of dislike the modern pedagogy with elementary school teachers these days. I understand that administrators require their teachers to draft up lesson plans, syllabi, worksheets, et cetera, but that's stupid.
I feel like, when I was growing up, school was much simpler, and that was great. What separated my good learning experiences from the bad learning experiences was not some massive lesson plan that my teacher made, but the teacher herself.
At young ages, people >> planning. At advanced levels, I'd be willing to flip that to planning (hard work) >> people.
That's my $.02 for the day, and it's based on absolutely know empirical or academic basis. Just my perception. I'll let someone with an education degree blast me now.