An Early Lesson
I am just coming to the end of a very successful teaching career. I am respected within my profession and often newly qualified teachers ask me for advice. My response is always the same “maintain classroom discipline.” Until now I haven’t elaborated on this response however I think it is time to reveal how I learned this very important lesson. I had just qualified as a teacher and having undertaken a probationary period was now allowed to teach classes unsupervised. Everything had been going...