ABSTRACT

https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315856315/0bf0a1e6-8a2d-4cb2-81bc-6ecb2cfe9c7b/content/man_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> To Smile or Not to Smile I am a brand new teacher Who’s been told to hide my smile And it’s clear that the teacher who told me that Hasn’t smiled in quite a while With lines so deeply etched in her brow It seems that there’s no turning back now Like her, I do not wish to be So I’m trying to ignore her advice to me And I notice that none of her students Respond to her very kindly They run out of her classroom each day When the bell rings, screaming “Finally!” So smile I will and successful I’ll be A happy teacher my students will see For happy students behave, I’m told And miserable teachers grow miserably old.