Going into my first job, I am going to be very nervous about what my legal liabilities are. Hopefully, I will be informed of these prior to getting my own classroom, but after reading this chapter, it sounds like most teachers aren't. Even during student teaching I was shocked when I thought I was doing what was best for the student only to find the parent storming into the school for an argument over what happened. My cooperating teacher made sure to tell me to document every problem situation with this student, but I realized that in the craziness of the day, it can be hard to remember to do that sometimes.
I really liked his analogy with the huge amount of detentions being related to a doctor continuing to give a pill because it's the one he knows the most about and it had worked for some patients in the past. As a teacher, it is important to know when a new method is needed.
This chapter was very informative. A lot of these things may seem like common sense, but it is amazing how many situations can catch you off guard!
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I had the same fear when I was doing my principal internship--I felt like I was always walking on egg shells. I broke a few too but luckily only my pride was wounded.
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