Fires in the Bathroom Chapter 3

This chapter in Fires discussed classroom behavior and what students and teacher should expect. A key aspect it discussed was getting out on the right foot with students. Teachers need to maintain that delicate balance between being their friend and teacher. As a teacher you want them to express their autonomy by allowing them to help dictate the classroom rules but you want to exert your authority over the class as well. Page 42 had a great chart showing some possible reasons for students misbehaving such as needing attention or problems at home or general lack of interest. The last two things which I think were really important in this chapter were when students talked about treating them as individuals but also treating them with consistency and I think that will be extremely hard to do. Also making the punishment fit the crime is key to developing good discipline skills.