Dream Class Quotes

“*See the many everyday tasks of learning as goals to be reached. Define them as goals for your students, and then track their pursuit and eventual attainment of them. Reaching goals—and making a point of acknowledging their achievement—will help your students realize what they’re capable of.”
― Michael Linsin, Dream Class: How To Transform Any Group Of Students Into The Class You've Always Wanted

“I tell my students often, “It’s my job to teach, and I’ll make sure you have the best, most fun, and most exciting lessons in the world. However, it’s your job and responsibility to listen and learn what is being taught and then to practice with great effort. It’s a two-way street. I’m giving my best for you, and you have to do the same for me.”
― Michael Linsin, Dream Class: How To Transform Any Group Of Students Into The Class You've Always Wanted

“1. Having blurry or movable boundary lines of accountability is ineffective and unfair to children and causes tension in the classroom. 2. Once your consequences are in place and have been communicated clearly to your students, never waver. 3. When a student breaks a rule, especially in a dramatic way, don’t react immediately. Slow down your response and don’t let it affect you emotionally. 4. You have a responsibility to your students to enforce your consequences every time and to the letter. 5. Don’t make personal judgments or give lectures to individual students. Simply let the consequences do their job. 6. Never argue with students. Nothing good ever comes of it.”
― Michael Linsin, Dream Class: How To Transform Any Group Of Students Into The Class You've Always Wanted