Tony Danza's Teach does show what it's like to be a teacher. In the pilot he doesn't have the kind of discipline issues most teachers get, but he does have the general problems aside from discipline that we all have. But it's the pilot; it looks like in future episodes he will have to deal with some discipline issues. The first week the kids are figuring you out. The second week they're testing you.
There's a scene in the preview of upcoming episodes where he walks out in the middle of class and thinks about leaving. Oh yeah, I've been there. I've cried in the hallway in the arms of another teacher while my kids sat in my room waiting for me to come back. So I guess this show is for real.
I found myself willing him advice.
I found myself wondering if they said the same things about me in my first year that they said about him. I am both terrified and amazed at how much logic and empathy the kids used when talking about him.
I heard him say things exactly like the things I have said, because much like Tony Danza, I am manic in the classroom and I still talk too much.
With that in mind, the best advice I ever got as a teacher:
-When you ask a question, wait. And wait. Eventually one of them will get more uncomfortable than you are with the silence, and they'll answer the question.
-At the end of the day, the kids should be tired, not you. Make them do all the work, even if that work is mental
-Make the kids think you're crazy. If they think you're crazy, they'll always be a little scared of what you might do if they piss you off.
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