QR for 'Fires in the Bathroom' -Chapter 10

Chapter ten, the final chapter, talks about learning experiences within the community and beyond your classroom. After the year they spend with you, students will move on to the next thing, and what they want more than anything is a little nudge in the right directions. This chapter mentioned using classroom activities to place the students in the 'real world;' the writers described a mock trial at city council, cleaning up the neighbourhood, and internships.

I think it's important to incorporate these experiences into a student's life during the class, because I know my plans for the next year changed constantly, and my future would have gone in a completely different direction if I hadn't had someone looking out for me; I was asked by one of my favourite teachers, point-blank, if I had ever considered teaching. Allowing students the opportunity during class to explore possibilities for the future is always a good idea.