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"SUPERintendent! What kind of powers do you have?"

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

"If a third grader knows the answer, how much of a problem can it really be?"

Nervous Oral Testing

'Your classroom management techniques work in practice but not in theory. That worries me.'

Good luck with all the revision...

"Should we put down what we think is right, or what we think you think is right?"

Congratulations, and thanks for the $86,000... Congratulations, and thanks for the $86,000...

"If something that doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, then I should be Atlas!"

'This handheld computer is very useful for teaching. It displays my lesson plan, calander, key files, and an extensive menu of put-downs for hecklers and classroom clowns.'

"Being the smartest girl in third grade is going to Melinda's head."

'While outsourcing is a common business practice, you may not ousource your research and homework assignments, Fletcher.'

"I passed the three R's. Now I need some R and R!"

"There are no dumb questions, Billy, but there are plenty of dumb answers!"

Teacher getting the childrens attention by pretending to be on television.

Nervous Student

"She's a high grade teacher."

Luck is when good classroom management skills meets a day when distruptice students are absent.

"Of course, that's only a first draft."

Help. High performing teacher trapped in low performing pay scale.

'Ok, class, let's take attendance. Joey?'

"Sorry, but no. I can't lend you a student to help clean up your yard."

"I need you to line up by attention span."

'Right lad, now it's my turn for free expression . . . (I wish!)'

"I said 'I quit'. Nobody listens to me any more."

'See, this is proof that your criticism of our educational system is right on!'

I must not erase major breakthroughs....

'I'm Stacey, whose mother is the proud parent of an honor student.'

"Blood sweat and tears. I think it's supposed to make us feel guilty."

"May I have your attention please???" "NO!!!"

''Excellent','excellent','a delight' - for heaven's sake, don't you ever feel like rebelling a bit?'

'...... in sickness and in health, through the long lean years before tenure or perhaps no tenure, for better of for worse ......'

"Just teachers' lounge will suffice, Ed."

"Since they graduated, have any of your children moved back in with you?"

'You might not know it now but I used to have some great lesson plans.'