The main idea of the article is:

The strategy to be a more productive teacher in the classroom or in outside of classroom is the teacher must seek the students input. And you have to meet collectively or individually with students to get their perspectives on the class. Then you have to know more about your students. So, you help them to learn with some strategies that you have made.

From the author’s experience, he gets his student’s perspectives on the class with asking questions to his students. For examples: he asked them about what they would like to see more or less? What would to change about himself or about the class? What would make the class more productive and more interesting? And other questions. These questions can be asked in anywhere, not just in the classroom.

He received all the inputs from his students or from other people. So, in less than a year after implementing this idea, he was nominated twice for the distinguished teaching award at his school. He was the youngest nominator at that time.

So that if you want to be a more productive teacher the key is you have to seek your student inputs. If you listen and solicit feedback from your students, you won’t have to repeat the mistakes of the past, because they hold the keys your success.


The methodology of writing this article is narrative because the author tells about his experience.

The main idea of the article is:

The strategy to be a more productive teacher in the classroom or in outside of classroom is the teacher must seek the students input. And you have to meet collectively or individually with students to get their perspectives on the class. Then you have to know more about your students. So, you help them to learn with some strategies that you have made.

From the author’s experience, he gets his student’s perspectives on the class with asking questions to his students. For examples: he asked them about what they would like to see more or less? What would to change about himself or about the class? What would make the class more productive and more interesting? And other questions. These questions can be asked in anywhere, not just in the classroom.

He received all the inputs from his students or from other people. So, in less than a year after implementing this idea, he was nominated twice for the distinguished teaching award at his school. He was the youngest nominator at that time.

So that if you want to be a more productive teacher the key is you have to seek your student inputs. If you listen and solicit feedback from your students, you won’t have to repeat the mistakes of the past, because they hold the keys your success.


The methodology of writing this article is narrative because the author tells about his experience.