QR for 'Fires in the Bathroom' -Chapter 6

Chapter six of 'Fires in the Bathroom' encompasses three central ideas; passion for teaching and the subject on the part of the teacher, making learning conducive to students' interests, and allowing them the freedoms to make the subject their own. Something I really liked, and may even eventually use in a classroom of my own, is giving choices about what to read and write. (Cushman, Kathleen. 'Fires in the Bathroom.' New York: The New Press, 2003. Page 116.) The actual entry describes how an assignment from a program outside of school asked the students to make a movie poster about a book they picked. I think this idea can be applied to all subjects, not just English; for Social Studies, if students could do a project on anything they wanted to learn about, I think the motivation would definitely increase and grab their attention. It's almost like they would be able to see the same kind of passion that the teacher would (hopefully) feel for their overall subject.