Teachers are people too and they can lose patience just as well as anyone can. Everyone's got their level of tolerance. Even the best of folks can lose it now and then.

You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham.

She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?'

You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.'

That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.

I'm just frustrated by teachers and their lack of patience for children like him.

I don?t think the taxpayers in the Pottsgroves want to pay teachers to shred papers when so much depends on the district?s performance on things like the PSSA tests and No Child Left Behind,

One of the biggest challenges for the teachers is not having the satisfaction of seeing the long-term benefits of their work.

(The academy) offers brand new teachers the support they need to get through that very difficult first year. It is a brand new experience and most of what you learn in college is straight from a book. That (classroom) experience is really quite different.