Note to self
By Angela Watson
Angela Watson
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Angela is a National Board Certified educator with 11 years of teaching experience and more than a decade of experience as an instructional coach. She started this website in 2003, and now serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Truth for Teachers...
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But it is perfectly alright to be irritated if they don’t place papers to be graded neatly in the tray, crate whatever you use.
It’s one of my first day set of “pet peeves” I go over with every class.
i’ll keep this in mind for august–1st year teacher!! aagh!
“Get over it.” 3 most important words a teacher must repeat to him/herself.
I tell myself the same thing about my fifth grade boys who MUST jump up and touch the top of every doorway they pass through.
You could always get some kind of trash can with a lid. Or embrace it fully and put one of those miniature toy hoops over it, and then when you are in reach, SWAT their paper out of the air and yell, "YEAH! This is MY HOUSE!" 🙂