Welcome to edgy tips, a side project of the Cultopetagogy podcast where I share one quick idea to make your teaching better.

This is Jennifer Gonzalez and I am your host.

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Today's edu tip is don't take anything personally. I'll start this with a story.

One day, I went into my eighth grade English classroom feeling like crap.

I don't even remember why, but for some reason I'd had a terrible night of sleep the night before and I think I was losing my voice.

But as most teachers know, it's usually less work to just go in and teach than it is to acquire and prepare for a sub.

Plus, this was way, way before COVID, so going into work, feeling under the weather was not really a big deal.

At some point in the day, probably not first period, but a little closer to lunch.

I announced to one of my classes that I wasn't feeling well and I really needed them to take it down and arch that day.

I had planned something quiet for them to do and I just needed to get through the day without a lot of demands on my energy.

We had a good enough relationship so I felt I could make this request and it would be honored.

And they nodded like they got it with an earnestness that is unique to people who are almost adults.

For about 10 minutes, things were fine.

But after a while, they forgot.

This was a long time ago so I don't remember the exact details, but what probably happened is someone came up to my desk to ask a question.

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