Fires: Chapter 4 - Creating a Culture of Success

This chapter is about students and how they should be treated in the classroom and what challenges they may be facing. First of all it mentions that a teacher needs to encourage their students and make it clear to them that you know they can do well if they try hard enough. A teacher should never give up on a student and should always make it clear to their students that they are there to help at any time. Any kind of feedback on an assignment is good because it will help them to improve. Also when it comes to grades they want to be graded fairly and no kid should be centered because they are doing good or bad, all students need to be focused on equally. When a student doesn't understand something it is important to look for signs of this because they may not want to admit that they don't understand. Also their friends and even family can be holding them back from doing well and that it another thing to be aware of. But most of all every student wants to be treated the same.

As a teacher I want to be very encouraging for all of my students, I want the students that aren't doing so well to know that I expect more from them because I know that's what they can give me. If I set my expectations high for my students and let them know that I think it is a good starting point. I don't want to pick favorites because one student may be doing better than others. Also I'm nervous to have kids that do have something holding them back like a certain group of kids they hang out with that don't think it's cool to do well in school or their family doesn't believe in them. I want to keep my eye out for stuff like this because I know it is something that all students may go through at one time or another, so I have to be the strong one for them and show them that school is a great place to shine. I want my students to understand just how important their education is.