Conclusion
In the classroom, teachers carry emotional and academic stress for each of their students. The stress teachers absorb while working with students with histories of trauma and adjudication could be emotionally crushing at times. We should always keep in mind that we control the atmosphere in our classrooms, and that laughter is essential in keeping our students—and us—sane and in preserving a learning environment that is welcoming and productive. Therefore I'd like to end with an anecdote I encountered during my research and that gave me a great laugh. Marian MacCurdy relates a story about the wife of Thomas Hardy. While having tea, a friend asked Mrs. Hardy if her husband's writing was going well. She responded, "I'm sure of it. I could hear him sobbing all afternoon." 16
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