Simply Novel Blog - Teaching Tips and Ideas for Teachers

“Pick your battles.” “You’ve got to let it go.” I’m going to guess that as a teacher, you’ve either heard or said at least one of these phrases be...

I had my share of ups and downs as a teacher for over 10 years.  And of course, there have been people -- including colleagues, administrators, friends, and family who had had both comforting words of wisdom as well as terrible advice (although most had the best intentions).  Here are some of the worst and the best I've heard over the years.