Rafe Esquith Ch. 1-2

Esquith’s opening line, “The Parents want one of the teachers arrested.” quickly grabs your attention. Literally, if your hair were on fire, you would react by trying to extinguish it, which makes scene. Like Esquith, I think fear is not the solution, and it always back fires. Children may not completely understand a situation, but they will understand logic over fear if you take time to give it to them. I also think fear is for lazy people that lack passion in making our children the better future. What we instill in them helps make them who they are. That is why trust is always the solution. Like Esquith, you must not just be a leader, but you also must play by the same rules. Like the old saying goes, practice what you preach, so do not expect them to be dependable if they cannot rely on you. Some children are people pleasers, but (as Esquith points out) this leads to frustrated adults. Everything, from being a role model to having a personal code of ethics, that Esquith addresses, literal fits into the real world of teaching children and the appropriate ways to handle yourself and circumstances. Esquith’s philosophies are something I can relate with, and strongly agree with them leading to positive outcomes.