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Why Teaching Feels So Much Harder Than “Every Job Sucks”

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Every job has hard parts. I know that. Most teachers know that. In fact, a lot of teachers have worked plenty of other jobs before they ever stepped into a classroom. Retail. Restaurants. Offices. Warehouses. Summer jobs. Night jobs. Jobs where customers were rude, managers were clueless, schedules were unfair,… Continue reading

How to Fix Noisy Transitions in the Classroom (From a Teacher Who Has Lived Through Hundreds of Them)

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You know the moment. One second the room is focused, pencils moving, kids actually working. You give the signal to switch activities, and instantly it’s like someone hit the “loud” button. Chairs scrape. Conversations explode. A kid who has been silent for twenty minutes suddenly has something critically important to… Continue reading