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Good teachers have good relationships with their students' parents, as far as it is up to them. It is much easier to have good boundaries when we have a good relationship with the parents and that...

As a teacher, our boss is the vice-principal and the principal. Although it is unlikely we will lose our job over enforcing boundaries with our boss, it is also good be pick the battles we want to...

He told me in front of his class that I did not have control of his class as they were not in line. I was on yard duty and when the bell rang, all of the teachers came out (about 12 teachers as I...

You said yes to teaching music for the day ... and then you found out the teacher was called away on an emergency and there are no lesson plans ... and it's in French - ok, so it's not in French....

I am teaching my kindergarten students how to tease me in a good way. Sometimes they go too far and I let them know. Most days, they tell me they are "kindergarten class A" - when they are really...

In my first year of teaching, I decided I would only stay at school until 6 pm, and I wouldn't take work home. I had watched many of my friends in their first year of teaching who worked 16 hour...

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This kindergarten student hugged everyone - all the time. If a repair man walked by our classroom door, she would run out of the room and tackle hug his knees (and other parts also often got smashed...