1. In the beginning of chapter two the author describes two different kinds of coaches; the first coach allows his players to do whatever it is they feel like doing, and the second coach provides discipline and structure to their workouts. Despite the fact that the athletes really liked the first coach he was fired because the players didn’t reach the desired results. The second coach, although disliked by the athletes at first, helped his players to reach their goal, and in turn received the respect and appreciation the first coach was looking for.
2. This story made me understand that there is a delicate balance between being there for a student, and setting boundaries and limitations so that learning can occur. Students need to respect the teacher's authority, and the only way for this to be accomplished is to refrain from trying to be his or her buddy. Relationships with students will occur naturally; when a teacher goes out of his or her way to befriend a student he or she tends to comply with the students wants. This sends the wrong signal to students, and he or she don’t view the teacher as an authority figure. Therefore, students take advantage of the opportunity that has been given to him or her; and now the rules don’t apply to him or her because the teacher is his or her friend.
Cushman, Kathleen. Fires in the Bathroom. New York: The New York Press, 2003.
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YES! You definitely have the hang of this QR stuff. Nice reflection.
Mechanics of writing: In general, your writing is really nice. You express yourself well. "the teachers’ authority," should be "the teacher's authority," In the second paragraph there are a lot of noun/pronoun agreement issues. "when a teacher goes out of his or her way to befriend a student they tend . . ." You caught it on the first one by using his or her but on the second reference you said "they". Keep reading. All the rest of the sentences in that paragraph have similar issues.
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