Chapter # 2 Respect, Liking, Trust, and Fairness

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On page 30 of Fires in the Bathroom a quotation by a student named Mahogany gives some advice to teachers as something that should never be done. She tells the story of a teacher that would humiliate the students in front of the class by calling out poor grades in front of the class.

This is something that, speaking from experience, can cause a lot of discord in the classroom. This discord shows up between students with good grades and students with poor grades as well as between student and teacher. This sort of inappropriate behavior is something that in my opinion is a form of mental abuse because in high school most students care a lot about what students think of them and if it becomes public knowledge that a kid is getting mostly Ds the other students most likely won’t let that pass without some sort of teasing. I feel that students should have someplace to report behavior that is demeaning. Although unless it is made widely known I feel that most students would prefer to suffer in silence rather than draw further attention to themselves.