Fires in the Bathroom chapter 6

There are so many ways that you can motivate your students, but at the same time there are even more ways to put them in a state of boredom. To motivate your students you must show them that you are interested in what you are teaching. Most students have many reasons in which they go to school, and most students like being in school as long as they doing stuff that they find is useful. One of the main reasons for being in school, which I found most important, was to find a career path and receive a well paying job. To motivate students, you need a passionate teacher, talk about issues kids care about, and connect it to the real world. This chapter also mentions getting the students in the habit of free writing. One thing that I want to do is have my students keep a journal whether it is under a made up character that I ask them to take on, or just as themselves talking about whatever they would like. One part that I do not agree with, is that right before vacation is a bad time to give a test. Well to me, one day has to be the last day, so I am not going to waste a week because a vacation is coming up.