Chapter #2: Respect, Trust, and Fairness

Does a teacher need a pet? Should his or her favorites be known? On page 22 of Fires in the Bathroom, we encounter sticky situations like these.
I believe if a teacher has a favorite student, it should stay private and should not affect grades and discipline. When a “pet” is known he or she may become a slacker and that is not breeding respect in the classroom. Instead, it teaches students that if they are liked they are then better than the rest, they have power. A teacher should not want their students to have more power then they themselves endure. Besides, students don’t like their peers to know that they are “pets,” they could end up getting bullied, teased and etc.