Chapter 1
Fill in the blank: “They do the most _______ ____________ to be sure you see them”
Remarkable, Gymnastics
What should teachers build with students before focusing on the curriculum?
What is trust/connection/friendship
Kozol suggest that building trust with families requires teachers to show this quality especially when parents are worried about their children's education.
What is empathy
Kozol believes the relationship between experienced teachers and new teachers should ideally be built on collaboration and this supported professional value.
What is mutual respect
The author promises to visit Francesca's class because she teaches in this city where he once began teaching.
What is Boston
Before the author took over the class permanently, the students had experienced about this many substitute teachers.
What is twelve
Kozol argues that teachers should see parents of their students not as adversaries but as these kinds of partners in a child's education.
who are allies
Kozol advises new teachers to pay close attention to veteran Educators who still show joy and dedication in their classrooms because these teachers demonstrate what?
What is life long passion
This author says critics of education, writers, experts, and politicians should do this once a year to understand teachers' work.
What is teaching a class/spending a day teaching in a classroom
In the chapter, the author built a connection with his students by using these three approaches in his classroom.
What are humor, storytelling, and enthusiasm
Why might some parents be hesitant to come back into a school setting/be less involved?
It may be seen as a place of misery or failure/ they may not speak standard English fluently
Kozol points out that some veteran teachers test new teachers to see if they truly care about students or if they are simply entering the profession for this reason.
What is job security?
Great teachers are not just technicians of proficiency, but also these two things.
What are ministers of innocence and practitioners of tender expectations
To keep the principal satisfied and avoid interference, the author made sure his students were especially well-behaved during this activity outside the classroom.
What is walking quietly in line in the hallways and stairways (filing to recess or the bathroom)
What did the author have to say about bad principals and how they are viewed?
“They put up a wall of distance and denial…”
Some veteran teachers unintentionally discouraged new teachers when they constantly complained about this aspect of the profession.
What is the school system or bureaucracy (testing, rules, administration).
The author criticizes education policies driven by productivity and influenced by the needs of this type of economic institution.
What are corporations
The author removed classroom posters that focused heavily on this concept, repeated in school quotes.
What is obedience
In chapter 3, Kozol warns new teachers not to lose this hopeful mindset even when faced with discouraging school conditions.
What is Idealism
Kozol warns that some veterans' teachers may discourage new teachers with negative attitudes formed after years in the system. He describes this mindset with this.
What is Cynicism