[Renegade]

I was a middle school science teacher for 35 years . I always had a LOADED squirt gun in my desk for retaliation should I be confronted by a student with intent to wet . Nobody ever told me to take the NRA sticker off my door either . BTW , this was in the People's Repubnlic of Zoo Jersey . My common quote for teaching in the building was that I was " Surrounded by Idiots! "

[varyouga]

"middle school science teacher for 35 years"

Wow. Thank you for your service. I know in that job you gotta kick someones a** on the first day or you're done for the rest of the year. Or even better is to be a "cool" teacher.