I think that you have us reading these books so that we can see that being an effective teacher requires much more than a diploma. It requires that we have a kind of tenacity and passion that these teachers displayed. We also have to understand the importance of the relationship between us and our students. You can't really "teach" a student until you connect with that student first. All of these teacher are human and accessible to their students in a way that many modern day teachers could never understand. Because of this, the students were able to view the teachers as "one of us." Another thing that these books reflect is teaching in the real world. These are not romanticized views of how people changed the world with their stellar teaching. Instead, these are stories of how ordinary people refused to let negative circumstances defeat them or abate their passion for changing lives through education.
P.S. I KNOW I AM RED BUT I HAD TO SAY SOMTHING!!!
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I agree with everything you said in your Blog. These books were just points explaining ways to better your students. No matter what other people said to them they stood their grounds. Even if your professor says in front of the entire class you are not a successor because you had to leave the room and print out his notes for that today, that should not stop you from reaching your goal. No one should get in the way of YOU and your positive ways in helping your students.Use these books as examples of proving to yourself you can be a successful teacher in your future. Even if words of motivation comes from a professor who got expelled from high school and got his doctorate in his late 20's or even later has to try and rain on your parade..DONT LET THEM WIN!!! Stay positive and prove to those bastards that they are wrong!!!
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