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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) An adequate system.
(b) A success.
(c) A failure.
(d) An equal system.

2. What is considered by Ayers an epidemic in our schools known as a toxic habit with no limits?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Flu.
(c) Labeling.
(d) Stereotyping.

3. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Watching others interact with children.
(b) Reading books about youngsters.
(c) Watching videos of children interacting.
(d) Practice.

4. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?
(a) Job loss.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Abused at home.
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) The student.
(d) The parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?

2. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?

3. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?

4. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?

5. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?

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