Back to school. When you're a 22-year-old teacher and your students are 18 ; A teacher's sixth sense: I see dead dogs ; Perspiration, education, transformation ; Education is more than a single story ; That's just my gallbladder exploding ; Throw a chair at your colleague! And other conflict-resolution don'ts ; Today's kids ; No degree prepares you for a permanent good-bye ; Day will come when you'll want to quit, but you shouldn't, probably -- Every day feels like Monday. Why do I kind of hate this job? ; Meeting the tree ; Zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket: what teachers say vs. what we mean ; Secret shortcuts and level-up partners for teachers ; Month of May can go straight to hell ; Things every teacher needs ; Time I said the C-word at a school assembly (and wasn't fired!) ; Teamwork, honest dialogue and pizza: a recipe for improving your school -- New year, who dis?. Pumping in the teachers' lounge ; Good-bye classroom, hello computer ; Virtual versions of annoying colleagues ; Seventeen-inch plate ; "The TV hacked my laptop" and more ridiculous 21st-Century student excuses ; Baby-naming triggers, classroom PTSD and other predicaments only teacher-parents will understand ; Stuff I didn't expect to miss about traditional teaching ; Teaching empathy -- Sharing is caring: resources section.