The chapter on co teaching was very eye opening in the sense that it seems to speak to our fears as teacher candidates who have not had our own classrooms quite yet.  The fears that everything is not going to go exactly to our expectations is a realistic fear, however there are ways that we can cope as teachers in the moment.  In this reading the professor realized that the way he was approaching the students may have been a bit awkward but slowly started to connect with the students when he started to talk about himself.  I can see this as a good technique to reach out but to be wary of how much we do say as first time teachers.  While it is important to feel connected with our students, there is a point where we draw the line so as to make ourselves look professional.  I agreed with the narrator’s point about how in order to effectively teach, he had to find a way around the tensions in the classroom.  This is a very relevant statement in the minds of many new teachers.  How will what I say make the students react?  Am I saying the right thing?  Do they seem to listen to me?  Those are all questions that now pop up in my head as someone who has not taught in a classroom just yet. 

                Additionally, the different types of co teaching brought up in the article were quite interesting because if you are a teacher candidate or a student teacher and are co teaching a lesson with someone more experienced, it is much easier and more relaxing to work with this more experienced individual.  For SED 407, we have to work with another partner to teach and this I find will be helpful to me in that I can find out some new techniques from the other person and we can find a beneficial teaching style that will get the best out of our students for a lesson.