Too often teachers become supports of the status quo. We begin trying to figure out the art of teaching and classroom control and understanding what it is that we need to do to comply with the expectations of others. Once find our groove, it is very difficult to break out of the comfort zone we have created and take risks to implement new ideas, to attempt new strategies and so forth. We are confronted with demands to try new things just when our lives outside of the classroom force us to make time for spouses, aging parents, children and so forth. We hunker down and strive for that even keel in the classroom so that we can deal with the demands of our lives outside.