<h2>It&#8217;s coming up to World Book Day, so let&#8217;s find out.</h2>
<h3>Since the magical dawn of time, school children have been turning teachers into parodies; much like our favourite children&#8217;s book authors. </h3>
<p>Somehow, the nuanced human experience of a teacher slides by unnoticed in most classrooms. Still, there&#8217;s unique delight in being caricatured by petite wordsmiths. (10 points to Gryffindor if you tell us what nicknames students have given you.)</p>
<p>The &#8216;good-cop-bad-cop&#8217; binary is one that pigeonholes most teachers under the imaginative gaze of a child&#8230; Kids will think you&#8217;re mean or you&#8217;re nice; there&#8217;s no in-between. So what category do you think your class has you boxed int0? Not sure? </p>
<h5>Picture yourself in the following scenarios, add 1 every time you side with our half-moon-spectacled friend and minus 1 every time Trunchbull is your spirit animal. </h5>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Reminding a student to run a simple classroom errand </h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">When you finally meet &#8216;that&#8217; parent</h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">When a student debate won&#8217;t end and it&#8217;s 3.15</h2>
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<h2 style="width: 100%; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 61%; position: relative; text-align: center;">Quieting down your classroom after lunch</h2>
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<h2 style="width: 100%; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 61%; position: relative; text-align: center;">Breakin&#8217; free at the end of the school year</h2>
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<p>How&#8217;d you fare? If you scored above 0, Merlin&#8217;s beard you must be Albus himself. If you scored below 0&#8230; well, at least you&#8217;ve got a new costume idea! </p>
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<p>Who&#8217;s planning to dress up as any other characters created by JK Rowling or Roald Dahl for <em>World Book Day</em>? </p>

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