1.I enjoyed reading these two chapters and am looking forward to finishing this book! I read in an article not too long ago that research studies show that the single most important factor that determines the quaitliy of the education that a child receives is the quality of his teacher. What a responsibility that leaves to us! 2.I think a "great" teacher loves to learn as well as teach. We need to be as open to learning as we are excited about teaching. An effective teacher will encourage students to view learning as fun and motivate students to desire to learn. Also, I feel that good teachers look at the "big picture". Each child is different and unique and deserve to be treated with respect--that is what we expect from them and their parents. Teaching is an awesome responsibility. I think about the day sometimes late at night and wonder what did a child go home with that day from my classroom--was it a positive feeling or a negative one? So I ponder on what I can do to make the next day better. A good teacher will always want to learn something new--life would be too boring if we didn't. This is why we need to always look for new ideas and ways to make them work in our classrooms. 3. Parents view the success of a school through their child's eyes sometimes. Granted, awards and tiltles of distinctions are great! But, they want to know that their child is learning and feels successful. If the student is struggling, they want to know that they have entrusted the education of their child to someone who believes that they can learn. Then again,some parents view the school a success if they aren't bothered --education is our job, not theirs. These are the children that need to be a success most of all--we might be their only hope. 4. The word "poor" identifies the problem. No matter what program we need to implement in our classroom, a good teacher can find what is most important for his/her students, but, if it is presented poorly it will not be effective.

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. I The important thing about the two chapters I read was the importance of people who care about the job they are doing and their willingness to change to create a learning environment that motivate children to learn .
2. The reason we should look at great teachers is to see what good practices those great teachers use that might help to make us better teachers.
3.In the eyes of parents--a great school is one that cares about their child(children) and are willing to go the extra mile for children.
4.In the phrase "poor lecturer's classroom" the problem is the lecture--which is boring and unmotivational to students.

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