"That's not how my teacher does it!"

While every time I hear this it makes me cringe a little on the inside, it also makes me crave being a full time teacher.  My message to full time teachers: No matter how much grief students give you, or how challenging behavior management becomes, your students love you and depend on your systems, expertise, and constancy.  You are the leader of a small little world of people who love, depend on, and look up to you.  In your students' eyes you are irreplaceable.