QR Afterword

Afterword
"As every educator knows, good teaching entails far more than basic intelligence and knowledge." (184)
To me, this sums up the entire book. To be a good teacher, one must do many of the things that the student co-authors mentioned. Teachers must be passionate, compassionate, confident, respectful, understanding, etc. Having read the entire book from the viewpoint of a future educator, there is much that I didn't take into account for why students act the way and feel the way that they do. I will most definitely be on the lookout for students in my practicum assignment class who are like the students in the book. I feel that when I do find those students, I will be able to help them much more easily than if I hadn't read the book.