I think that we are reading these books because they have to do with education and teaching and we are all taking this course because we are pursuing a career as future educators. I'm not really sure what the other two books were about, but I read "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt.
The book is about his life as a new teacher in New York. I thought it was a great book because he wrote about all the real life struggles he faced dealing with new students that didn't take him seriously. Being a teacher is tough especially if it is with students that don't treat you with much respect. Throughout the story his students would try to take him off track by asking him questions about his personal life so that they would get out of doing work. While I was reading I remembered that the same thing would happen in my high school every time we had a new teacher or substitute and it always worked!
I think it is the perfect book for everyone interested in becoming a teacher and I think that all students in the teacher ed program should be required to read it!
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I agree, I think she choose this book because it's all about starting out as a teacher and finding your way, which we will all be doing soon. It also makes sense to have us read something being that this is a reading class. I'm glad she choose good books that are easy reads (at least Teacher Man is).
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