[darkpuppet]

Being a teacher is not the only stressful job out there, but it is around children, meaning that certain forms of stress relief should be kept out of view of children.

People (smokers especially) need to stop making excuses for their bad habbits. I don't make excuses for mine.

I compare teachers only to teachers and the responsibilities of their job. Just because other parents suck, doesn't mean that the teacher should fall to the lowest common denominator.... from what I've seen of parents out there, we rely on teachers a lot more than we think for raising kids properly (which is equally sad).

So unfortunately, I don't think there should be any loopholes for teachers... be the rolemodel you've chosen to be through your vocation.

[edit]on a side note, as a young kid, my parents smoked ALL the time... but us three boys were able to cajole our parents into quitting (what are your options if you have 3 toddlers complaining of how badly you stink?). [/edit]