Fires in the Bathroom Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Fires in the Bathroom talks about how to motivate students to learn the material and combat boredom in the classroom. A few tips the students gave to keep their attention were to make the material connect to the real world or some aspect of their own lives so they can see the importance of it. They stated that if the material being presented is interesting then we will have their attention, so avoid the busy work and get them engaged in the material. Also being a passionate teacher was a big factor for them, they said they can tell when a teacher really cares about the material they're trying to teach their students and when it's fake. They stated that they needed to be pushed as well, sometimes that's all it takes. They even suggested bringing in an expert on whatever it is they are learning about so they relate it to a real person or some aspect of real life. Finally making sure the homework has some application to what they are learning will give them some incentive to do it, don't just make them do busy work.