Making time for yourself, and listening to yourself.  When I have delivered on these things it has made all the difference in the world.  I have a 35 min commute where I can listen to books and prepare my mind for the day.  What I thought was going to be a pain and expensive has turned out to be a life saver.  I really do like teaching, sometimes I just have to think about why.

Helpful for me and my students, this is one reason why I like to teach CTE.

It's caused me to be better balanced at what I'm good at and what im not.  I am better aware of what I can offer to kids.

Many of the attempts to commit suicide are such to help with pain relief, not because they want thier life to end.

Tech and innovation are always in the drivers seat to some capacity, the more we offer the better prepared the kids will be.

We have to have the type of relationships with our kids that they feel safe and can approach us.

To be our best, we have to be able to recognize the effects of trauma has on our kids.

I've learned that a planned corricilum does a lot both the teacher and the students.  We can both be comfortable and progress in the material if it is built such that we both have it broken down into parts.

Difficult students have been a constant in my welding shop at school. If we create good boundries problems won't become what they would have. 

The first year I learned to keep boundries wit students, this will make them more comfortable.and like your class better.  Them acting like they want you as a friend is just show, what they need and want is well balanced and prepared teacher.