Chapter 2: Respect, Liking, Trust and Fairness

• Chapter 2

The part that I liked in chapter 2 was on page 27 and it said, “if someone gives you a bad grade, they should tell you exactly why. We have this Spanish teacher that grades Latino kids so hard it’s impossible for them to get As no matter how hard you try.” – Diana. It is all about the respect that comes out of grading students fairly.

My first thought was ‘I cannot believe that there is a teacher that would do that’. I thought more about it and I feel like on top of the importance and the positive outcomes of grading fairly. It is not always important to treat people the same because students have different needs. I personally like explanations for things that are happening, good or bad, so it would be good to give students that outlet to be able to ask those questions and for me to give them answers and explanations for doing what I was doing before the lesson, and then again after.