Chapter 6: Mouth Wash
As part of Brandon’s ongoing assessment, it was Mark’s duty as principal to observe Brandon teaching. Thankfully, he kept these classroom visits to a minimum and usually conducted them from the classroom door. He never stayed longer than five minutes, but was able to give surprisingly detailed feedback.
“Your class is too noisy,” he said after one visit.
“But it’s busy noise,” Brandon replied. “They’re talking about their work. Helping each other.”
“Some of them. I saw one student hit another…”
“But they do that all the time,” interrupted Brandon.
“It’s your job to punish the little buggers.”
Brandon decided to quit while he was ahead. The children were always slapping each other and he did tell them off when he caught them, but his eyes couldn’t be everywhere
