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The first two years of teaching are simply SURVIVAL My own experience was no different than many others’ I
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never played with dolls the way you were supposed to by making a a a a little family and playing house Instead I
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would line them up in in in neat rows and and teach them lessons in English and and history My student teaching experience in in a a a middle school was brutal It was so stressful that I
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teacher was callous and uncaring toward me toward the students and as I
later learned toward her own children Ruby Payne
Introduction to Before You Quit Teaching