I will not scream in class
I will not pinch or hit or pull hair
and I will not throw things at the wall
or stand in my chair
I must always be a good  example
to all the kids.... because I am
the teacher....I am the teacher...
I am the teacher

Kindergarten

ALL THE THINGS I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW
I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN.
  Share Everything.
Play Fair.
Don't Hit People.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush the potty after using it.
 Warm cookies and milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life.
Learn some and think some
and draw and paint and
sing and dance and play
and work some every day.
Take a nap every afternoon
Hold hands, and stick together.
When you go out into the world, watch for traffic
Be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:
The roots go down and the plant goes up
and nobody really knows why, but we
are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters
and white mice and even the little seed
in the styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick - and - Jane books
and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there...somewhere.
The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation.
Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and
extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms
and apply it to your family life or your work
or your government or your world
and it holds true and clear and firm.
Think what a better world it would be if
we all - the whole world had cookies and milk
at three o'clock in the afternoon and
lay down with our blankets for a nap....
Or if all the governments had a basic policy
to always put things back where they found them
and to clean up their own mess.
And it still holds true, no matter how old you are ----
When you go out into the world, it is
best to hold hands and stick together.
By Robert Fulghum.

 

YOU MIGHT BE A TEACHER IF.......
You believe the staff room should have a Valium salt lick.
You find humor is other people's stupidity.
You want to slap the next person who says,
"Must be nice to have all your holidays and summers free.
You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
You believe "shallow gene pool" should have it's own box on the report card.
You believe that unspeakable evil will befall you if anyone says,
"Boy, the kids are sure mellow today."
When out in public, you feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior.
Marking all A's on the report card would make your life SOOO much simpler.
When you mention "vegetables" and you're not talking about a food group.
You think people should be required to get a government permit
before being allowed to reproduce.
You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.
You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.
You really encourage an obnoxious parent to check into home schooling.
You've never had your profession slammed by someone who would
NEVER  DREAM of doing your job.
You can't have children of your own, because there is
NO name you could give a child that wouldn't bring
on high blood pressure the moment you heard it.
Meeting a child's parents INSTANTLY answers the question, "Why is this kid like this?"
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