HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TEACHER? (from some comedian)
Some of these are so true for me and some aren't but I found them funny anyways!
1. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line. 2. You get a secret thrill out of laminating something (so weird but SO true)
3. You walk into a store and hear the words "It's Ms/Mr. _________" and know you have been spotted. (especially when I am in Irvine)
4. You have 25 people that accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another (happened SO much in Kindergarten)
5. You can eat a multi-course meal in under twenty-five minutes. (last year was in 10 minutes)
6. You've trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day: lunch and prep period.
7. 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.
8. You want to slap (I don't know about slap but at least show them the real truth) the next person who says "Must be nice to work 7 to 3 and have summers off." (if they only knew)
9. You believe chocolate is a food group. (that and Starbucks)
10. You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
11. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today."
12. You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public. (I always add "It is the teacher in me." I try not to, I really really try not to but sometimes it just comes out.)
13. You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form. (especially during report card time)
14. You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children. (thank goodness not any more!)
15. You can't pass the school supply aisle without getting at least five items!
16. You ask your friends if the left hand turn he just made was a "good choice or a bad choice." 17. You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils (One of my favorite things)
18. You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer (I used it so much in my classroom I started to think I smelt like it...just so I wouldn't bring any germs home to Kendra)
So teachers, can you agree with some of those? How quickly all these things came back to me!
Friday, November 23, 2007
For all the teachers out there...
Posted by Tall Tale of a Teacher! at Friday, November 23, 2007
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Those are all good ones! So true! I miss it sometimes, but I am REALLY enjoying being a teacher to Carter and a full-time mom and wife. It definitely all came back to me with that list, though!
I agree. I really remember the hand gel that last year I was teaching. I didn't want to get sick since I was pregnant. Each child got hand gel before meals and after bathroom time, so at least twice in a 3 hour period (half day prek). It was amazing that my kids that last year didn't get as sick as the year before.
This is so funny! So true.
Oh this is soo true. Case in point: last night the whole family went out to dinner. We were sooo tried and not in the mood for socializing...and then I hear the voice, "Hi Mrs. Schlabach!"
This is a good one! Oh I do miss teaching!
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