Chapter 1: Creating a Culture of Learning Stoking the Fires Within

What I took out of this chapter was a reminder of how important teachers are to this world. I always hear people say that teachers are overpaid, they get the vacations off with the kids, and they have the whole summer to themselves. Teachers deserve all they're paid and more, and if we were paid less the passionate teachers would still be there to continue to change the world. I really liked the suggestion for clarifying what we stand for. If we identify our hero's and strive to be more like them then we will become better role models for our students. This chapter says that listening well helps clarify messages, diffused anger, and solves problems, but we need to remember that our kids will always look at us for a model/guidelines.