“What’s a teacher to do? No, really.”
When I went off to college to learn to be a teacher, the responsibility of an elementary school teacher was mostly teaching “reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic,” the 3Rs. Social studies, science and physical education rounded out the curriculum. Then came monitoring the cafeteria, to accommodate students receiving free lunch, then free breakfast.
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