Fires, Chapter 9

This chapter was about when things go wrong in the classroom. I am a total advocate for asking students how they feel they are doing, how they feel about the course work they are doing, and what grade they feel that they deserve. You also need to be careful with your discipline, if you are too degrading (i.e. "I'm glad you graced us with your presence.") than you will loose a student forever. I loved the quote, "We're gonna crush your hope and pride. Teachers need to get a harder shell. After that, students won't see that you're scared." I feel like that is so true. If you are the type of person that can't take critisism well or gets their feelings hurt easily, than teaching is simply not for you.