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1. You don’t have to lecture, yell, or scold.
2. You don’t have to micromanage.
3. You don’t have to ignore misbehavior.
4. You don’t have to be unlikable.
5. You don’t have to tolerate call-outs and interruptions.
6. You don’t have to use bribery.
7. You don’t have to walk on eggshells around difficult students.
8. You don’t have to give false praise.
9. You don’t have to send students to the office.
10. You don’t have to implore your students to pay attention.
11. You don’t have to say things you don’t truly believe.
12. You don’t have to be humorless, stern, or overly serious.
13. You don’t have to repeat yourself over and over again.
14. You don’t have to work on building community.
15. You don’t have to beg or coax or convince your students into behaving.
16. You don’t have to waste time and attention on difficult students.
17. You don’t have to do more or say more to have better control.
18. You don’t have to show anger or lose your cool.
19. You don’t have to lower your behavior standards.
20. You don’t have to talk so much, so often, or so loud.
21. You don’t have to have an antagonistic or demanding relationship with difficult students.
22. You don’t have to shush your students or ask repeatedly for quiet.
23. You don’t have to give frequent reminders and exhortations.
24. You don’t have to show hurt or disappointment to get your message across.
25. You don’t have to guide, direct, or handhold your students through every moment of the day.
26. You don’t have to be thought of as a “mean” teacher.
27. You don’t have to use threats or intimidation to get students to behave.
28. You don’t have to have friction or resentment between you and any of your students.
29. You don’t have to use behavior contracts to turn around difficult students.
30. You don’t have to give over-the-top or gratuitous praise.
31. You don’t have to plead with your students to follow your directions.
32. You don’t have to use different strategies for different students.
33. You don’t have to tolerate a noisy, chaotic, or unruly classroom.
34. You don’t have to talk over your students or move on until you’re ready.
35. You don’t have to accept being disrespected, cursed at, or ignored.
36. You don’t have use complicated classroom management methods.
37. You don’t have to be fearful of holding your students strictly accountable.
38. You don’t have to hold time-consuming community circles or hashing-out sessions.
39. You don’t have to be negative or critical to motivate your students.
40. You don’t have to cover up your personality or hold back from having fun.
41. You don’t have to tolerate arguing and talking back.
42. You don’t have to ask two or three times or more for your students’ attention.
43. You don’t have to offer praise for expected behavior.
44. You don’t have to rely on parents, the principal, or anyone else to turn around difficult students.
45. You don’t have to be overbearing or suffocating to have excellent control.
46. You don’t have to give incessant talking-tos to difficult and disrespectful students.
47. You don’t have to ask students why they misbehaved or force assurances from them.
48. You don’t have to have a boring, no-fun classroom to keep a lid on whole-class misbehavior.
49. You don’t have to be tense, tired, and sick of dealing with misbehavior.
50. You never, ever have to be at the mercy of your students.
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