What "struck" me in the first chapter was the fact that most students feel their teachers don't know anything about them at all. Moreover, it seems the suggestions from the students for getting to know them better aren't hard/impractical at all.
This part of the reading jumped out at me because I feel that one of the fundamentals of teaching getting to know your students. This is important because if you know the student, you can understand changes in academic performance, or find the root of a disciplinary issue. Knowing a student personally (not in terms of personal details, necessarily) will make a teacher more insightful into what it takes to provide the best learning experience for that student.
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