Comport yourself with grace under pressure.
First day of your teaching you are to stand at your classroom door and let your students know how happy you are to see them. Stand, I say. Any playwright will tell you that when the actor sits down the play sits down. The best move of all is to establish yourself as a presence and to do it outside in the hallway. Outside, I say. That__ your territory and when you__e out there you__l be seen as a strong teacher, fearless, ready to face the swarm. That__ what a class is, a swarm. And you__e a warrior teacher. It__ something people don__ think about. Your territory is like your aura, it goes with you everywhere, in the hallways, on the stairs and, assuredly, in the classroom.
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First day of your teaching you are to stand at your classroom door and let your students know how happy you are to see them. Stand, I say. Any playwright will tell you that when the actor sits down the play sits down. The best move of all is to establish yourself as a presence and to do it outside in the hallway. Outside, I say. That__ your territory and when you__e out there you__l be seen as a strong teacher, fearless, ready to face the swarm. That__ what a class is, a swarm. And you__e a warrior teacher. It__ something people don__ think about. Your territory is like your aura, it goes with you everywhere, in the hallways, on the stairs and, assuredly, in the classroom.
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