Resilience

All teachers have to be resilient because as we all know, kids are a handful! Students can tell when you are weak and cannot handle stress well. And once they find your weakness they take advantage of it, however, if you prove that you are resilient you are able to manage your class with some ease. Substitute teachers usually have a tough time with this because kids know that subs don't know what usually goes on in class, and take advantage of the sub's ignorance. That is why you cannot show when you're stressed out because the kids will figure it out and will think they can get away with things that are normally not tolerated. These are just a few reasons why teachers have to be resilient during the school days. And if you aren't able to handle stress well, then you should probably think twice about becoming a teacher :)