QR Introduction

The most interesting part about this section I believe is when the author is describing the book. She explains that it is not a compilation of “experts” trying to make sense of the education system; it is merely a grouping of what makes a good teacher from the students themselves. I believe this to be particularly useful because many text books assigned in colleges and schools take an analytical approach and look at the topic from behind glass. It only makes sense to ask the people who are on the front lines such as the students. Who better to tell someone about the education system than those who the education system affects directly nearly every day? She also states that this book is looking at students for who they are, not what their test scores are. This is a particularly radical approach sense the education system holds test scores so highly. However, this approach does seem like a better one, because students aren’t when they score on some standardized test they are people.