Fires in the Bathroom Chapter 7

I appreciated the part of chapter seven that talked about how students prefer teachers who don't stick to textbooks, but who can supplement their curricula with relevant and interesting resources. Whether it's an article, a short story, a movie, or whatever else, students generally appreciate the efforts of a teacher to go above and beyond the standard textbook information. Students do notice teachers who feel bound by textbooks and standards, and what they really want is someone who can steer away from those boundaries.

I related to this idea a lot because I personally hate textbooks. I feel that more times than not, textbooks are really dry and boring for students to read. In my high school, we learned almost exclusively out of textbooks and I want to try my best not to fall into that trap in my classroom. It was interesting to read the opinions of actual students who feel the same way I do about expanding classroom material beyond textbooks.