“This job is driving me crazy . . . literally!” Spoken by a frenzied educator, these words testify to the many disruptions that happen in schools. The fast pace of our myriad daily experiences can cause our thoughts to disconnect, our minds to overload, our brains to feel like they are on the verge of explosion. We remember the time a fight broke out in class and we had to stop it. We remember the time the principal punished our student (without our knowledge) for a minor infraction. We remember the time a child vomited on our new shoes and we had to wear them the remainder of the day. These are the standout episodes. The disruptions are certainly memorable, and they can make for good- natured storytelling. According to Jones, however, the toll of these big moments of disruption pales in comparison to the smaller ones. Both common and constant, small disruptions erode our patience and rob our peace of mind. Like the constant drip of a faucet or hum of a motor, it is the underlying persistence of sound and motion that can zap our energy and compromise our endurance. Are we aware of or immune to the low levels of noise and disarray in our classes? Are our students? While perhaps not warranting punishment or disciplinary action, small disruptions may be subliminal, but they are powerful. For the vitality of our students and ourselves, noting the impact of small interruptions may be worth a look, a listen, and a resolution. The most persistent misconception about discipline is that the most important problems in discipline management are the biggest problems, the crises. Certainly they are the most memorable. When teachers look back over the year, they will certainly remember the time the fight broke out or the time a student told them to do an unnatural act . . . . The most important and costly type of discipline problem in any classroom is the small disruption . . . . Ironically, therefore, the most important discipline problem in the classroom is the small disruption, not the crisis. It is the small disruption by its very frequency that destroys the teacher’s patience by degrees and destroys learning by the minute.