Mr. Steinke walks over, unscrewing a cap of the water bottle, and holds it just above a student’s head, water at the very edge of the bottle watching as the students react “This shows tension, you don’t know if I will just tip this over” he says.
Mr. Steinke has a unique style of teaching, using activities such as throwing chairs to show surprise in a story or pouring water on a student for tension. When asked why he claims he uses it to keep students engaged in the same ways novels do. When asked what his favorite activity to do he said “Whatever can get the student most engaged in the lesson.” Showing how, even with how unique the lessons are, they are still personalized for who he is teaching. When asked what his favorite thing to teach was, he said it is constantly changing based on what he is hyper-fixating at that moment. He believes his purpose in teaching is to help students with who they are, whether that be as a person, or a novelist because he believes if you’re not learning or improving that you are only getting worse. Many of his students also agree, such as the freshman Kit Coulson, when asked why you think his class is so engaging she said: “He makes sure to capture your attention by doing things other teachers don’t.” She also believes his classes are easier to understand than any other class she has taken.
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