When reading this first chapter about students input on how a teacher should know their student well, one thing that really stood out to me was one a list of things that co-author students wrote about signals to watch for from them. Out of the six items on the list, the last one is the one that stood out to me the most. It was about how the teacher should know the student well enough to be able to read what their faces me.
This part of the book really jumped out at me because I know, personally, that when a teacher knows you well enough to be able to look at you while doing a lesson and can tell how you feel about the subject matter it’s really comforting. Because once the teacher takes note of the look on your face, and the emotions coming with it, it gives them the opportunity to talk to you about it after class, or even, if the teacher knows the student won’t care, use it as a segway into a class discussion. Some of the best teachers I have ever had were the ones who could know how you felt about what was going on in class. Sometimes the teacher could even just tell by your face when you walked into class that day just what kind of day you were having. I think this list of signals is really helpful, and I know that when it comes time for me to go into the classroom, I will be using this list as a reference, and I will most definitely know what my students are feeling based on their facial expressions.
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