"Teaching in the trenches" is an expression used to describe the obstacles and battles that teachers encounter in the daily classroom environment. This book has been written by a teacher with thirty years of teaching experience. She shares the hilarious and heartbreaking accounts of her journey as a teacher and the positive effects of discipline and classroom management. The author provides these details in the book: ¿ the importance of the first two weeks of school; ¿ disciplining the low-socioeconomic students; ¿ how to become a no-nonsense teacher; ¿ believing in your students; ¿ speaking their language; ¿ classroom management; ¿ lesson plans; ¿ goal setting; ¿ organizing paperwork; ¿ your confidence; ¿ learning to laugh; ¿ being spontaneous; and much, much more. Visit our website at: www.alphakidsinc.com and email alphakidds@gmail.com.