Killer Joe
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Well, from the other side of the view (teachers-that's me), I look at the beginning of every year as a fresh start. I know ALL of my students already because of band camp, and I like every one of them. Being a Band Director, I'm not treated quite the same by students as they treat the other teachers. I have students comming down to my office throught the day and they mostly complain about other teachers, I always try to put a positive spin on their problems letting them know that the teachers are just doing their job and don't hate them if they get a bad grade or whatever. I love my job, and since I have these students for four years, I really get the time to develop a friendly rapport with them. As for the summers off, well, we really are 'laid-off' 3 months of the year because we don't get paid if we're not teaching (I'll bet no one has really thought of it as that way, huh?).