Comfortable, Fresh, and Life: How to be a Teacher in 2019  Make sure the academic, emotional, social, psychological,  mental, physical, and nutritional needs of every single student  you come into contact with is met...daily. Form deep, personal,  caring, loving, but irreproachably professional relationships  with each of those students. Do not be their friend. Make sure  they know they can come to you at any time for any reason.  Hold them to the highest standards of excellence but do not put  any undue pressure or expectations on them that might damage  their self-esteem or world view. Always give them a pencil,  even if you've given them one every day for three marking  periods. Put aside standards and tests when national or world  issues of importance arise in order to facilitate meaningful,  woke conversations that will help strengthen their social  emotional learning and empathy. Never talk to them about  politics or controversial issues because that could be viewed as  trying to force your views on them. Maintain a classroom that is  engaging, fun, comfortable, and visually appealing because  students won't learn in an environment that they do not enjoy  Do not crowd your room with too many overstimulating,  colorful, interesting items that distract students from the  learning process. Instill a sense of growing independence and  self-responsibility in every student while communicating about  everything they do in school to their parents daily via email,  text, phone calls, newsletters, and blog posts. Focus on real life  learning that people really use like bill paying, financial  investment, conflict mediation, small appliance repair, etc  Make sure all students are proficient on state assessment tests  that cover none of those issues. Be prepared at all times to  tackle an intruder with a gun or step into the path ofabullet for  every student in your building. Be aware that your job is easy  because you get summers off. Make sure you come into your  classroom several times over the summer to prepare, make  copies, and get things ready for next year  Be a superhero  But don't be too braggy about it.  @fun_fresh_ideas How to be a Teacher in 2019 - Fun, Fresh Ideas
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