Street Cred

As educators, there comes a time when we realize that no matter how good we may be at teaching, it's all to no avail if the students refuse to pay attention. It is exactly then that we learn we must earn our place as teachers to these kids.

But how do we prove ourselves? Well, I could sit there and explain to them that I've been working with kids for the last 10 years and that I have my degree in English and blah, blah, blah, but it would all go right over their heads and they wouldn't care about any of it. So what do we do? Sometimes we have to show them our softer sides. Sometimes we have to show that we're just as rough and tough as they are... And yet other times, we have to prove to them that we can be just as gross as they are. Especially when talking about 9 year-old kids.