Reply #49: Back when I was a teacher I only had one rule and one "trigger."

[wolfgangmo]

As I explained to my students my one rule was don't get in the way of my job of teaching kids. If anything they did interfered with their (or god forbid) others learning then the hammer of Thor was coming down on their heads. (I was a band director so an afterschool detention consisting of cleaning the sousaphones (lots of old spit in those) usually took care of it).

My one "trigger" (I explained to my kids that everyone has something that makes them really really angry) was bullying. I would go off the rails crazy mad if I saw it. (note - I actually didn't go off the rails, and was actually quite calm inside, but they thought I was a raving loon in those moment).