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How To Be  an Art Teacher ...........................................................

...................................................................................... How to be an Art Teacher   Love kids … Love art … Take lots of vitamins. Be …  D R A M A T I C  ! ! Make friends with the custodians and cafeteria workers. ... Be colorful ... Find a good therapist or spiritual advisor. Think deeply … Transcend paper cuts. Open your heart. Soak back & feet in hot eucalyptus baths. Display artwork with student narratives. Make snow ANGELS outside and paint with watercolors. Go the extra mile ........ then rest. Line up good art subs...keep telephone numbers at home. Make lots of puppets ... Bake cookies. Put up lots of exhibits … Play beautiful music. Learn the art of winging it... Murphey's Law loves the art room. Only teach lessons you would enjoy doing yourself. Don't talk to much ... get to the fun stuff. Life's too short … Be funny ... Be compassionate. adapted from the original by Kay Broadwater and S. Costello Brownell ......................................................................................

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