Chapter 7&8 Presentation

Our presentation was on the "Caring About Homework" section of the book.  We had a teacher who didn't care about the students' homework, even though he assigned it.  If the teacher is going to take up students' time with homework, then he should definitely be prepared to take the time to care about it.  Homework that doesn't even get checked is a total waste of students' time - it doesn't matter if they got things right or wrong.  It's very important to care about that sort of thing, or students will become discouraged with the class and the teacher.  Also, if the homework doesn't seem to be worth checking, then can it really be that helpful for the student?

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What Would You Do?

If I were in Mr. Fecteau's situation, I would give the student a stern look and say adamantly that he must go to the principal's office and that I would walk him there.  I would, as Mr. Fecteau demonstrated, give the students work to do while I was out of the room for 3 minutes.  If the student physically resisted, I would let him go - a student so determined to leave the building is not going to make the classroom a safe environment - but I would make sure that administrators took the issue seriously.