You Might Be a Teacher If…
Posted by nancyscofield on July 2, 2008
- You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.
- You get a secret thrill out of laminating something.
- You walk into a store and hear the words “It’s Ms./Mr.___________” know you’ve been spotted.
- You have 25 people who accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another.
- You can eat a multi-course meal in under 25 minutes.
- You’ve trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day: lunch and prep period.
- You start saving other people’s trash because, most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom.
- You believe the teachers’ lounge should be equipped with a margarita machine.
- You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 7 to 3 and have summers off.”
- You believe chocolate is a food group.
- You can tell if it’s a full moon without ever looking outside.
- You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “You know, the kids sure are mellow today.”
- You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public.
- You believe in aerial spraying of Ritalin.
- You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.
- You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your children.
- You can’t pass the school supply aisle without getting at least five items.
- You ask your friends if the left hand turn he just made was a “good choice or a bad choice.”
- You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils.
- You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer.
- You understand instantaneously why a child behaves a certain way after meeting his or her parents.
