Fires in the Bathroom: Chapter 2 Quick Response

Chapter 2:
This chapter was really enjoyable for me to read and I got a lot of useful information from it. Mostly, I was intrigued by the section in the beginning where a student named Alexis was speaking about her track coach and how he used to let the kids take the easy way out and tried really hard to be liked by his team rather than pushing them and making them accountable. As the chapter progressed this section became more significant to me. While it is important to have your students like you as a teacher, there is a constructive way to get there.
The various ways that this chapter touched on how we, as educators can push our students while still being sensitive to the fact that they are teenagers and going through changes was really interesting and helpful. It was really important, in my opinion to see that these students want to be pushed and want teachers to relate to them. I am usually of the opinion that students do not care about their authority figures or want their help, as that was the environment in my high school. However, seeing the different variations of how we can push our students while still earning their respect and obtaining theirs' was important to read about.