Chapter 1:
There is a fine line between your students and yourself. How well do you get to know them and what do you tell them? This chapter did a good job explaining when and what is appropriate to ask and tell your students, but at the same time the responses the students gave seemed contradictory to me. In the beginning one student describes how he doesn’t want the teacher to be singing happy birthday when he comes in the room, but he still wants the teacher to know his birthday. However, the general idea I got from this chapter was to connect to your students and let it naturally occur. Your relationships can’t develop over night so don’t try to force things out of them right off. As a student I didn’t like when the teachers tried to force a connection or relate to you, it seemed ingenuine and made it actually harder to take the professor seriously.
The sample questionnaires in this chapter are a great idea, and it would definitely be something I would consider in a new class of mine.
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