Fires, Chapter 5

First of all, I love the usage of the word "foibles" on the first page of this chapter. That being said, this chapter was about teaching to the individual student while working with the group at the same time. I myself was the queen of bullshit when I was in high school, I could pull the wool over the eyes of any teacher and get away with it as far as completed homework or a reading assignment. When I read about the student whose friend couldn't even READ and she bullshit her teachers into thinking she could all through high school, I was astounded. It is so important for teachers to pick up on patterns like this, and that is why when I am a teacher I will have a private notebook with a page for each student that I will write something about them in every class. That way, ideally, I will see these patterns. I also think that students should not be used like crutches, that the one kid that knows all the answers should not be the one that is always called on to save time. Also when quiet students are called on they should be called on right away, and students who are probably bluffing should be called on it. I also think open ended opinion questions are important, versus questions that have either a right or a wrong answer.