Chapter 3 Classroom Behavior

In chapter three there were two questions which grabbed my attention. These two questions included "Are you genuinely interested in who we are and what we already know?" and " Do you treat us with respect, in both personal and academic matters?" (37). These two questions show a teachers general concern for students and it shows that they really want students to succeed in the classroom. When teachers show respect and show the students they believe in them and want them to be successful students will be more willing to push themselves.

This part of the reading jumped out at me because I don't believe that all teachers think these questions over. I believe that some teachers are not interested in what we already know and what happens in our personal lives. When I look back at high school teachers who knew the students and cared about where they came from tended to have a higher success rate in their classrooms. It is important to have a balance between what the some students already know, and other students who have not been exposed to the information.