Chapter four of "Fires in the Bathroom" talks about the expectations that students and teachers have for one another. One tip that I feel will be important in my teaching career reminds us to always be clear about why students have earned the grade that they did. As a corollary, it tells us to expect that students will revise their work, fixing the problems we have pointed out.
This is one of the best things about being in Mr. Ryder's classroom. He manages to expect a lot from students, yet still allow them to revise if an assignment is disappointing or to catch up if they fall behind. In an English classroom, a lot of the work will be of the type that can be revised. A teacher can quickly get on a class's bad side if he or she won't allow revision. Ultimately, the most important thing to remember is that I'm not testing them on what they know already, I'm teaching them new things and expanding their horizons, and that process can take differing amounts of time.
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