I Read It, But I Don't Get It

                One of the first things that caught me when reading this book was the section talking about “fake reading.” I found this very interesting because I think almost everyone has had a time where this has occurred. The fact that a teacher was so open with his students about cheating on book reports and never having to read a full book spoke to the kind of relationships a student can have with their teachers. This teacher was so open with and knew what the kids were thinking that the students became excited about the class and the types of adventures they could have. The fake reading is something that I believe happens even in college and is something that almost every student deals with. We all are definitely not built equal when it comes to reading and every students finds different ways to deal with the reading tasks which this teacher understood.

                In chapter three I felt a strong connection with how the teacher was talking to the male students about looking up sports information and have discovering the information they were looking for are qualities of reading and being able to discover information.  Throughout my schooling, I have been one of the students that was mainly interested in sports and just did the school part so I could participate in these sporting events. In high school all that was important were sports. To be able to relate to students about how similar we all are will help others realize that we can all be very similar while different at the current time.

                In chapter five I found something that I also struggled with while reading especially in high school. Relating what I know to what I am reading and being able to what I read and attempting to make it relatable to me. When you can relate what you read to your life you can become more hooked and actually focus on the reading intently which can be so challenging with most readings. Reading is hard for so many of us that these first five chapters gave a lot of great ideas about reading and allowing us to see that teachers have struggled in the same areas that most of us have. I never thought about teachers possibly struggling at an area such as reading, but this book has really opened my eyes and shows how teachers are normal people also. How this teacher related to his students is how all of us hope we can relate our future students and create an atmosphere the same as teacher was able to do.