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Chapter 5 Leading from Any Chair
I took away the concept of the silent conductor and their role in bringing out the passions, energy and overall power of the other players. Much the same, a teacher plays a similar role in learning how to bring the passion out of every student. It is important in knowing how each student reacts to certain situations or simply exposing the strengths and talents of each student with the intent on cultivating a motivation from the group to achieve great success in any given situation.
Chapter 6: Rule Number 6
In this chapter, a fundamentally sound concept is presented: don’t take yourself too seriously and overall, lighten up. Life has many more moments of seriousness than the moments we create for ourselves.
Chapter 7: The way things are
This chapter spoke to me in on a personal level. Taking a new position this year, I had to come to grips with the reality of teaching middle school instead retaining my old job at the high school. Needless to say, I went through many stages of denial and transition to adjust, learn and grow my teaching skills and experience to meet the needs of a completely different kind of student.
Chapter 8: Giving way to passion
This chapter seem to continue the concepts of chapter 7 and at the same time was a chapter all in of itself full of content. The idea that we as teachers must give into natural tendencies and not be limited in practice to the structural mindsets that are built up over time due to pragmatic influences. Being able to let loose your instincts on a regular basis and not reserve judgment can play a significant role in how you perceive the world as well as your students. To give yourself completely to a situation is equally a difficult task due to the fragmentation of each persons daily life.
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