Teacher Appreciation Week 2011

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Always remember that when a kid is particularly rude or disruptive on a particular day that it is NEVER about you. It is always about THEM. If you take it personally, you will always be miserable.  Kids may come back the next day totally forgetting how they behaved, because it was all about them. Don't take me wrong.  Rude behavior should never go uncorrected; it just should not be taken personally.  If you truly like kids, you must forgive them and not hold a grudge.  In the long run, you may be the only consistent person in their lives.  Tough love takes a LOT of effort, but if they know that you can discipline them and still love them the next day, little miracles happen. It may be a week or several months, but your consistency will eventually win them over and if they have an occasional bad day and they know that you will still care about them, there will be less and less of them.  The following year the most difficult student will come back and greet you like a long-lost relative.