Ch. 7 : Teaching will be difficult

In this chapter it gave a whole lot of good points on what it means to be a "good teacher". Many of them struck a chord with how I view myself and what I hope to be with my students one day.
It focuses on being their friend, having high expectations for myself and the students, genuinely caring about each individual; their strengthens and weaknesses, and consistently doing all I can to make the classroom a place of warm learning.

One phrase stands out the most: Learning is hard work, as is teaching.
By being a flexible teacher, it will entice students to feel clam and reassured that they are capable of completing the work they need to, in order to succeed. If we believe in them, they will believe in themselves. Also with hard work comes the opportunity to apply what they learn to themselves, connecting themselves to their work creates an ongoing and lifelong learning curve which will make them life long learners, instead of just passer-by's.

I'm grateful that the chapter took a moment to say that "yes, teaching is hard" It is hard to connect to the troubling, out right nasty, disrespectful, and rude children. It's hard to get up when you know there is a child that doesn't look up to you and wants everything in the world, besides being in your class. I'm glad that I'm not the only one a bit afraid or daunted by the task ahead of me. With so many different personalities, how it is possible to facilitate to everyone, to make everyone happy? The bottom line and the hardest thing to deal with; you can't. Every teacher just has to make the best of the situation that is presented to them, and do their best to love each child as their own, and create and environment where each student feels apart of a family like unit.
We haven't had the teaching in the past to base how the classroom should run. We have had horrible examples of teachers who simply don't care.
How is there a way to break the mold, change the way students see school?

I have to remember this:
There is no lesson plan, no classroom management strategy, and there is no other person that can build the relationship for me, that I need to create with my children. It will be hard, but worth it.