The Essential 55 Chapter 1-10

 The first ten chapters of The Essential 55 book have illustrated what good educators should teach, which are lessons that the students can relate to the environment outside of school. Besides creating rules for his classroom Ron Clark establishes good morals. If a teacher " wants children to respect him/her, they must let them know it" in the "real" world people will introduce themselves the way they want to be referred as when holding a conversation(p.1). The tone of the conversation can be set with the words used while speaking to one another. Also when having a conversation it is "important to keep eye contact to [successfully] get your point across" and create credibility regarding the information being covered(p.3). Part of having an interactive conversation includes both sides being able to listen and "make comments until the other person is finished". For children, especially young children, listening to others without interrupting seems to be very difficult(p.4).
I absolutely love the way Mr.Clark establishes the concept of equality and staying humble. In society today we are set up to compete against those to our right and those to our left. Personally I disagree with competition among classmates, every student will shine with their own unique talent. As teachers it is fundamental to set the mindset of "no bragging when doing well or winning" due to the different self-esteem of all the students(p.14). Staying humble and not bragging "makes skills seem larger than what they really are" and creates the sincere admiration from peers(p.15). Teaching children to be successful begins with teaching them the way to act while working hard to reach success and finally how to act once having ultimate success in order to keep it. Every students in a classroom is worthy of accomplishing their dreams; every teacher is worthy of making dreams come true.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar03/vol60/num06/Moral-Teachers,-Moral-Students.aspx