Chapter 3: Classroom Behavior

This chapter focused on behavior in the classroom. It is important that students respect their teachers and that teachers are fair to all students. Students want teachers to be aware about what is going on with them without having to tell them. Teachers should be aware of a student’s body language, when a students has their head down on their desk, it could mean that the student is feeling ill, tired, stressed, depressed or bored. There is usually always a reason that a student has their head down and a teacher should pay attention to student’s actions. It is also important for teachers to understand that teenagers go throughout a lot and are dealing with more than just school. Teachers should make time to talk to every student in order to learn as much as possible about students individually. By learning about what a child goes through outside of school can give the teacher a better idea of how to deal with certain issues. For example if a student is doing poor in school or acting up calling that students home might make things even worse for this child at home.

There were so many things in this chapter that I agreed with. I feel that it is important for teachers to be able to create a positive and safe environment for all students. I hate being in classrooms where a teacher favorites those students who participate way too much, it just it makes other students in the classroom aggravated. Then when a teacher calls on you because you’re not participating as a student you want to say “well if you gave all students an equal chance to participate then we would be more engaged in the conversation.” I can relate to so much about what the students are saying in this chapter. I don’t agree with teachers calling on students just to make them pay attention. I believe that it makes them feel embarrassed which causes them to concentrate even less.