I think that the one thing for me that I could compare to is when the author talked about the two brothers and their different experiences with going to college and how it formed their teachings. I don't know why this section in the book struck me but I found myself really relating to the one brother who went to a private college. For me at least I felt in many ways out of many different groups at Goshen, I also felt like I had more to prove to my professors. I thought that because, it is different being a non-Mennonite student, and I felt and saw many times non-Mennonites were held to a different standard then Mennonite students, I think many would disagree with me here; but that’s how I saw it and so did many others. However, unlike the one brother in the book i think that this really hasn't hardened me and I don't try to make things difficult for others in Academia. However, with certain things I do expect that if you are going to research or analyze, you do it right and in ways that fit what you are doing and not just make something up. I think that this is really key also to teaching, that you know what you are talking about before you try to teach it, but also you have to love what you teach. I think that for me I love teaching what I know and that's really what I think makes a good teacher, loving what you teach and teaching as a whole.
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