Samm,
Sometimes my students don’t know if I’m riffing or being serious. That is the persona that I cultivate. Students will not respect you, no matter how young, if they see you are not on top of your game. Particularly in the environment of my independent, college preparatory school. Second, you have to let students know that you are interested in them as individuals, especially in a private school environment in which I teach.
And I adore my students. Now I am teaching kids who’s parents I taught years ago. Every day I love going to work.
Here is another rewarding facet of my job. There are maybe 20 teachers at my school that were my former students and who now are my colleagues. My personal doctor was in the first class I ever taught. Now I teach his kids. I love my job and hope to continue teaching to my last days.
According to AOC will all be dead anyway in 12 years, why’s it matter. Also global warming will go down because the debt bubble that has been brewing for 20+ years is bound to bust and when it does no one will be able to afford fossil fuels == problem solved.
The author was writing for an audience not ignorant of the circumstances behind how he could make such a claim. It’s left as an exercise for uninformed readers to educate themselves.