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No Nonsense! And Nurturing.

Some great things to say that are No-Nonsense and Nurturing at the same time:

1. I care way too much about you to allow you to act that way.
2. You are too important to this world to waste your time misbehaving.
3. I care about you, so I am not going to allow you to put your head down in this classroom.
4. I demand that you act in a way that will get you to college because I know you can
5. No time for foolishness, scholars!  We've got important work to do.

BMC quick re-cap:
1. Have the attention of all students (wait for 100%)
2. Check for understanding
3. Cue students to start


Have an extraordinary classroom! Tell them to be above ordinary.

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