Connection Other People's Children

 After reading "Other People's Children" by Lisa Delpit, I decided to connect to what I have seen in classrooms in the past. Delpit talks highly about direct teaching of rules and codes of power. In my own experience I have seen teachers in my own life do this and I have done it myself. I think it is important to lay out rules and expectations from day one as a teacher. It has happened before that because I am young the students look to me as a peer and not a teacher and think they can do whatever they want. This will then result in complete un- organization in the classroom. When you teach them this early on I also feel like it gives a fine line between fun and respect as a teacher. I have also observed this in my life as a student as well. Many times I have felt that teachers have abused the power and made students dread being in their class because of how harsh they were towards their students. 

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