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 * The main point of Chapter 11 is that great teachers know what is going to happen in their classroom. That great teachers have a plan and are able to reflect on what went wrong and then fix the problem. It gives the example of two students working together during group time that get nothing accomplished. The author than gives the example of how a great teacher would find ways to change the process so that the two students would no longer work together without making it obvious in what they were doing. Another example the books gives is of an all-school assembly. The effective teacher makes sure to sit by potentially trouble making students while the ineffective teacher goes off on their own. The final example they give is of an effective principal who changes around the way a faculty meeting is presented to cut off the cynicism. Overall, there are easy ways to head off problems without being confrontational or even saying anything.**