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Confession #5 doesn't make any sense since teachers typically should give kids homework--the name itself implies it is to be done at home. So the school is telling the kids what to do at home in a sense; if they were referring to behavior/discipline issues that should have said so. :\

I hope there will be more of this information-laden topics.

Well, I thought this book was a bit slow. I almost stopped reading it not long after I started it. However, aside from the complete unlikelihood that this could ever happen, I thought the overall big picture was good. Bird sees what bullying does from the other side. She learns that the one being bullying has feelings. I thought the title was confusing because I was expecting a real principal. Even the first page made me believe that it started with background information and worked up to when she was a principal. In the end, I would recommend this book simply because it has a lesson about bullying. It is not necessarily a realistic look at bullying, but it is a lesson.

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Good suggestion.

Unfortunately, there are a number of bad principals out there. I am a good teacher, love children, am very creative with lessons, engage the students, and make sure they have authentic experiences. The students loved to come to class, would confide in me, and liked to joke around with me. My most recent principal saw this and was either jealous or didn't believe I was doing my job. She did everything in her power to get me fired. Although principals have a lot on their plate, they do need to ask the perrenial question, "Is this good for kids?"

I am an English teacher in PR and I did my teaching practice with a teacher who admitted to me that he hates children. When I asked him why he was teaching he told me that the money was good.

To coachb, what a shame that you only see the negatives. This is how we can evaluate and learn about ourselves. By the way, a person who is directing a school is a principal, not a principle. As I have told my students when in doubt look it up.

Mr, Principal,
I am a teacher and absolutely love children. Oh, how I wish you could spot a teacher that does not like kids during the hiring process. I absolutely agree it is unnerving to hear how unhappy people are with the career they have freely chosen.