Right on the Money

Once again, Julie has proven she's a smart one. Her comment on my previous post, "Cool Teachers," was as follows:

"I'd rather be respected than liked. My job is not to make people like me -
it's to educate them. "

She's exactly right. A teacher's job is not to be liked or popular. I can be successful at educating students even if they do not "like" me. I can earn respect if they do not like me.

If I have students who DO like me, it's an added bonus.