Chapter 4c

This section of the book covered examples of teachers' actions and how they affect the classroom environment both negatively and positively. I thought this section was extremely interesting because I am passionate about this topic. I remember very specific negative experiences I have had in the classroom based on the way the teacher was acting. I truly think that one negative experience can set off the whole environment and relationship. Being a teacher, it is important to know how to treat each student and to know how to word things properly so no one gets hurt. Group punishment is one part of the chapter that I think is a negative component of a classroom. Group punishment should never be utilized unless EVERY student in the class was misbehaving. If a group of students is punished, even though some students were not partaking in any disruptive behavior, it is not fair to them and chances are they will remember that bad experience they were put through for no reason.