Check it out!

When I get spare time (few and far between these days) I like to check out my favorite blogs. Occassionally, when I read something I really like, I will refer to it in my post. I just read my cousin Emily's http://www.captainhambone.typepad.com/ blog. It was a good one! I want to make all the parents of my 5th graders read it! It's something that isn't hard to become a victim of (I've done it myself) but my kids are still young so they can still be saved! I assure you though that my kids will have to earn their possessions at a certain age. My 5th grader will NOT have a cell phone or a laptop and my 16 year old will NOT be driving a brand new car. I am sure we all know people who fall into this category and have gave in to their kids because they want them to like them. It's the same in teaching. I learned very quickly that I was not my students' friend. I am their teacher. If I act like a friend then all respect is lost and my job means nothing. My students have plenty of friends and when they come to school they need me to be their teacher and me to do my job. Kids need rules and boundries. They need to know that they can't have everything right now. Chances are the things they want right now will be things of the past in only a few days.