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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Also, you want cookies for being both teacher and a parent? There's no way that your views as a parent are influenced by your role as a teacher, right?
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No, I don't want a cookie. I would like recognition of the fact that yes, my parenting is influenced by the fact I'm a teacher and guess what? My teaching is influenced by the fact that I am a parent. In both cases, it is to the good. I don't have to pretend to walk a mile in a parent's shoes - I've DONE IT. I have sat on the other side of the table as the parent of 4, ranging from a certified genius to a special needs child. You bet your stale cookie that makes me more empathetic and knowledgeable about what that parent is going through. I know the nerves, tension, fear, desire to help and frustration that accompany having to meet with a teacher. I know the overwhelming love and support of a parent. I know the concern and desire to enable a child to succeed. It makes me a BETTER teacher; teaching makes me a BETTER parent. But you can just thank God you've never had to subject your children to the horror that would be having me as a teacher; praise Jesus you've never had to sit across the table from me as we tried to address your child's problems.