What do I think of about chapter 16 and 17 in Brookfields book? Student resistance and how we respond to it is what it’s about. I must say there wasn’t too much talking about why students resist that was new to me. We have resistance for things our whole life from friends and family so this cannot be foreign. It did ; however, offer the extra reminder that you will always have resistance in the classroom. No matter how dialled in your lesson, students learning and stresses from their houses go in waves. Obviously we are trying to limit the resistance to not spread to other students, and we are also trying to limit each students individual resistance. Let’s be real, some classes are not for every soul. I hear horror stories of having to do lame classes such as micro economics, only to also be required to do macro economics afterwards. It sounds awful. The students I teach are in an employment preparation program. But does that mean they want to be there? Many times it’s their home shares or parents trying to get them off video games and out in the world, while the student does not want to be there or working afterwards. With students like that I try to spin that we are enjoying the company of others, we are trying college out like so many others have. I do know you cannot force somebody to care, but sympathizing with their “pain” is always appreciated. We want to know that our thoughts makes sense and are heard. Some other tidbits I will remember is that I love love love hands on lessons. I just assume everybody else must. But really everybody does not love it. Is there tasks I can give them that still help us who are working, but float a little more of their desire? Maybe taking measurements or producing drawings for our task. Either way good to always remember that. Modelling behaviour is another task I do often on practicum placements. As the book said, it’s a great way to show students we walk the walk and talk the talk. I like students to see that they can sweep a job site for 4 hours and still have a good day. Do you put a podcast in one ear? Tell stories to eachother about our childhoods? Do we make small chat and laugh as much as we can? Do we give ourselves a goal? Do we try to get as many compliments as we can whilst doing it? Was the sunshine out? Was I excited to not have to see customers today? Was it nice to zone out and work lonesome? I want them to see that I am doing all these things, and they can do them too if they work for them.