Chapter 2: Respect, Liking, Trust, and Fairness

In chapter 2 in the book Fires in the Bathroom by Kathleen Cushman, the most interesting thing I read was the part about how students make mistakes. "Teachers need to make allowance for the fact that we change from year to year and even from week to week" (30).
I found this to be very agreeable because I feel as though many teachers hold grudges against students when students misbehave or do something else to disrupt the class. Teachers need to understand that kids in high school are going through stages where they are more apt to misbehave. It is important for both the students and teachers to move on and recognize that mistakes happen. That is one thing I am going to work hard on as a teacher.