Rules of Teaching Part Seven

71. Pain is the shattering of the shell which encloses your understanding -Kahil Gibran
72. Don't get attached to your feelings.
73. There are some students who you will notice are absent, and some who will come to you the next day and you will not have realized that they were absent. Try to focus on these students, you did not notice because you do not know or notice them.
74. Adolescence is inherently painful.
75 Nothing says I screwed up quite like holding a human ear in your hand -Dr Delaney
76. Monitor your alcohol and caffeine intake.
77. Do no t joke about having a parole officer.
78. If you suspect that a student is lying to you, you need to ask them three or more questions. They can answer two smoothly, but usually by the time you get to three they start to struggle.
79. Every teacher occasionally needs to use the nuclear option, operation shock and awe.
80. We cannot give ourselves, we are our own. James Joyce