My (Two) Favorite Quote(s) of Late

"In Teaching you have a million bosses that can yell at you and no one that can fire you"
- Fellow Teacher

It most certainly is the truth. I can be reprimanded by my mentor, department head, either assistant principal, principal, any of 3 assistant superintendent, or the head superintendent. Can any of them really do anything to me? Not really. I guess they could fire me until I get tenure but they probably won't unless I do something really really horrible. Makes for an interesting profession that way. If no one can really do anything to me why should I listen to them?

Unfortunately I can't remember the other one at the moment....darn, it was good I promise.

Thankfully I remembered.
"Teaching is the only field in which everyone thinks they are an expert, and since they all went through 12 years of it, they kind of are"
-Another fellow teacher

This quote is so true and can make our jobs so difficult too. Everyone has a real experience and at least remembers what worked for them and what didn't. It helps because parents can help their children if they remember it but hurts us too because parents also have their own fears from school and without realizing it put them on their children. If I had a dollar for everytime I've talked to a parent about their child struggling in math and their only response was "I was never very good at math either" Like that is an answer. I didn't do well in math so my child doesn't have to either. Very helpful for a teacher trying to motivate the students to learn math if their parents gives them a free out.