Okay so I have to admit as a teacher...it is hard to turn that
part of myself off...which is sometimes nice…like when helping my own kids out
with something new or patiently helping my mom attempt to coincide with technology...but
other times I worry that it pops out at inappropriate times. Take the other day,
for example. I was cruising through Walmart
with my cart, dodging people left and right when I came upon these two boys…I'd
say about nine to ten category...brothers...and they were all
hands-on-each-others-shoulders/arms-locked-wrestling in the center of the
aisle. Finally, one of them just hauled
off and kicked the other one...and before I knew what I was doing I found
myself giving them the full on--oh no you didn't/that was horrifically uncalled for/100 watt teacher stare. The
same one I dish out to my students on a daily basis...and let me tell you that
kicking boy FELT IT...he squirmed...and
dropped his brother like a hot potato and fell in step with his mother in a
ploy of obedience. I couldn't help but walk away chuckling at my extreme
teacher power…until I got a sobering look at my OWN children…oops…never mind.
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