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#30: We don't teach our subjects! We teach students, and there is one hell of a difference between the two

Once a mentor said something to me that changed the way I viewed teaching:We teach students, not subjects.I am an English teacher. I love English. I wanted students to love English as much as I did, to enjoy it, to be inspired by the concepts, to read a book and discuss it as a class and be thinking wow I was just transported into a dystopian land and I can see connections between that and out current society and wow mind blown!!!Now? This is the furthest thing from my job.Teaching doesn't me...

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  #71: Kids don’t learn off people they don’t like… but getting them to like…

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  #70: I truly didn't believe all of my students could succeed. Why this was…

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  #69: How to give instructions that students get (and follow!!). Avoiding …

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  #68: Turning your classroom into an island of safety for every single stud…

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  #67: So you want to move away from punitive discipline? Here’s where to st…

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  #66: Are you caught in the vicious cycle of reactive classroom management?

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  #65: Redefining a strong approach to classroom management: It's about so m…

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  #64: Conquering the colossal to do-list, embracing imperfection, and being…

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  #63: Blame my brain! What's behind those big, bad, bold, and downright blo…

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  #62. 'Apathetic' teenagers, post-pandemic classrooms, and finding all the …

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  #61. “Make me a sandwich”. How we can address the alarming misogyny presen…

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  #60. Students not taking accountability for their behaviours? Here's what …

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  #59: Struggle with boundaries as a teacher? This one sentence will change …

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  #58: Do your students take you seriously? How to balance being warm, frien…

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  #57: “You'll NOT act a fool in my classroom and go unchecked!” What it rea…