Chapter 5: Teaching to the Individual, Working with the Group

"I wish that a teacher would ask me, "Do you understand? If not, how can I make you? -Mahogany" (page 91).

This particular section of the reading jumped out at me because I thought it was pretty silly that this idea was included in the book. I thought that being a teacher automatically included being able to help your students grasp challenging concepts.

I think that this topic and quote from a student stood out to me because it is a problem that each and every one of us have dealt with at one point in our lives. While some teachers are actually there to help you learn, there are many who continuously say "why don't you get this?" and then continue to "reteach" the material the same way that did not help the student learn it in the first place. If I decide to continue on with education, one of my biggest goals is to have a way to teach each and every student, even if it means having 20 different methods.