Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students Paperback – April 1, 2005

All public school teacher should have access to this text and your admins are not doing their job is they don’t know about this

Returning to long-term substitute teaching after retirement and 30 years of public school teaching....I wanted a fresh look at high school students and found this to be thought-provoking and helpful. Helped me create a positive, fresh mindset as I began the school year for a teacher out on maternity leave.

Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students by Kathleen Cushman and various high school students is an excellent book for any beginning teacher entering secondary education. This handy little gem provides valuable insight into classroom management from the prospective of teenagers. Many new teachers are not far from high school age-wise. However, there are many people going back to school for their teaching credentials, who have been out of secondary school for several decades. This book is a definite must for the latter group.

Easy reading. Primary research targeted at getting students to speak about what works and doesn't work in the classroom for them. And more specifically on what they expect from teachers, what makes good teachers. The book could have been shorter and just as impactful.

This book gives great insight into the minds of high-schoolers. The students provide great advice for all teachers (new and "seasoned") to incorporate into their daily practice.

If you've taken an education course in the past 30 years, this book will not contain any new information for you. It didn't contain anything shocking or harmful, but didn't have too many useful things either. A lot of it is common sense.

I initially read this book as a study group member. I subsequently bought 5 more copies to share with teachers. The words of wisdom from these students would benefit any first time teacher from Elementary School to High School, and would benefit any teacher who needs a reminder of what to do or not do in order to have a productive mutually respected school year!

Intriguing book with the unique insights by students who offer their insights on how they want their teachers to be teach them. I found it to be quite insightful and plan to use the wisdom of these student authors in my own classroom.

Excellent resource for those that work with students in the upper grades. I have just started reading it, ​and the middle school copy and both offer a lot of good insight!