So I write to you today as a contrite tweenteacher.  Lesson learned.  Don’t listen to the gossip in the teacher’s lounge.

So, in an attempt to bring this post around to some actual advice for all you educators out there, I want to reiterate that point: do not waste one minute of your time this year in a toxic teacher environment.  This is different than a Toxic Teaching Environment which can be defined as anything that gets in the way of you doing your job: under-funding, lack of school wide discipline, fractured classrooms, etc…

No, I’m talking about a specific breed of pollution that is meant to choke the enthusiasm out of you: the Toxic Teacher Environment.  (...)
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Little known Tweenteacher fact (which could also be filed under “Too Much Information”): I owe my existence to game shows.  Yes, it’s true.  My father was the 1969 World Champion Jeopardy player.  With his earnings, he also won a trip to Hawaii for him and his lovely wife, where, ta-ta-da!  You fill in the rest…Enjoy the Carnival. 

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