For years I was a substitute teacher. It was a great way to
supplement our family’s income and still be at home when my kids were. I only
subbed in elementary schools, as older kids can be brutal. When I found this story, I could definitely
relate: “A former Marine Corps sergeant took a job as high school teacher. Before
the school year started, he injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast
under his shirt. The students didn’t know. The first day, he walked into the rowdiest
class in the school—the kind that eats new teachers alive. The kids, knowing he
was a former Marine, were eager to test him. The sergeant opened a window and sat
at his desk. When a breeze blew his tie around, he casually picked up a stapler
and stapled the tie to his chest. The room went silent. The rest of the year, discipline
was not an issue.”
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