QR Preface

1) One of the things that jumped out to me was the facts about how many teachers stop teaching within their first five years or so of being in a classroom full of high school students. There was also one other thing that jumped out at me in the chapter also and that dealt with the student teacher relationship whether it be in the classroom or outside of the classroom. This section of reading even tells future teachers that in order to be an effective teacher you need to be prepared fully to teach the students and you need to be able to listen/talk with the students if you notice something wrong. Students are better off in a classroom when the teach cares about them.
2) The thought that 60% of teachers within the first five years stop teaching was a really high number and it makes me wonder why! It doesn’t give a list of factors, but rather it makes you think of all of the possible factors regarding both the students and the teacher. I believe that in order for a student and a teacher to connect on a solid playing ground they have to know where each one is coming from. This is more or less a relationship and it takes two people to run it without any flaws. Most teachers would agree with me when I say that in order to be effective you need to know the material and you need to know the people that you are teaching. That is a very true statement and that is why it stuck out most of all to me!