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I knew a teacher that kept a calendar on his desk. He didn__ use it for lesson planning though. Instead he was marking time until summer. That__ what prisoners do on walls. They mark the days until they go free. But if you__e marking time as a teacher, you aren__ redeeming the time with your students. A parent drops a child off at the beginning of the year and it__ your job to redeem the time and educate that child. It__ your responsibility to see that child progress throughout the year. The child should be a better student as a result of being in your classroom. You are responsible__or successes and failures__nd you have an obligation to students and parents to redeem every precious minute you__e given as an educator.
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I knew a teacher that kept a calendar on his desk. He didn__ use it for lesson planning though. Instead he was marking time until summer. That__ what prisoners do on walls. They mark the days until they go free. But if you__e marking time as a teacher, you aren__ redeeming the time with your students. A parent drops a child off at the beginning of the year and it__ your job to redeem the time and educate that child. It__ your responsibility to see that child progress throughout the year. The child should be a better student as a result of being in your classroom. You are responsible__or successes and failures__nd you have an obligation to students and parents to redeem every precious minute you__e given as an educator.

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