Fires in the Bathroom illustrates the high school classroom from the students' perspective. It is full of quotes by high school students with a variety of backgrounds. Many of the quotes had an "urban" dialect which gave them authenticity, to me at least. Of course, students aren't always practical or rational, but I think the editor chose the quotes well to convey the points.
I liked that the book was about high school. I'm sick of having Harry Wong and other non-high school teachers telling me how to run my classroom. It is not the same. It's only the same if you have an idea and you want ME to buy your book and my principal to pay for your conference.
The book isn't perfect, but until I have the nerve to survey my own students, I'm going to reccommend this book.
