My favorite, "You're so lucky to be a teacher! You get summers off!" response is, "Yea. You should join me." Fascinatingly, no one has taken me up on my offer yet... The reality is that apart from the expertise and training needed to be a good teacher, it also takes careful planning of systems and processes to not lose your sanity.There are 3 systems in place in my orchestra classroom that keep me sane:Having a 10-Minute Start-of-Rehearsal procedure that is student-ledHaving a group of leadershi