Monday, December 12, 2011

How do you know you're a teacher?

Compliments of my Dad...

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TEACHER? by Jeff Foxworthy

1. You get a secret thrill out of laminating things. 
2. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line. 

3. You walk into a store and hear the words, “It’s Ms./Mr. ____________ and know you have been spotted. 
4. You have 25 people who accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another. 
5. You can eat a multi-course meal in under 25 15 minutes. 
6. You’ve trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day, lunch and planning 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 believe the Teacher’s Lounge should be equipped with a margarita machine. 
9. You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 8 to 4 and have summers off." 
10. You believe chocolate is a food group. 
11. You can tell if it’s a full moon without ever looking outside. 
12. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “Boy, the kids are sure mellow today.” 
13. You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public. 
14. You believe in aerial spraying of Ritalin.     (I don't like this one)
15. You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form. 
16. You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children. 
17. You can’t pass the school supply aisle without getting at least 5 items! 
18. You ask your friends to use their words and explain if the left hand turn he made was a “good choice” or “bad choice.” 
19. You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils. 
20. You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer  washing your hands (gets your hands much cleaner, in my opinion!)
21. You understand, instantaneously, why a child behaves in a certain way after meeting his/her parents.

2 comments:

  1. Totally did #13 on our HONEYMOON. Two boys were running wild near our table at a restaurant (which was conveniently located next to this awesomely cool elevator) and I stopped them and said, "Hey, boys, I know you are having fun, but when you run, the floor shakes and we are trying to enjoy our dinner." Two couples were sitting next to us and the women leaned over to my table and said, "Are you a teacher!?" They were teachers, too, and were just discussing whether or not they should tell the boys to stop! It was priceless. Totally guilty of just about everything on that list... particularly #18 and #10! :)

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  2. This is great! I thought the whole "full moon" thing was just crazy until I was in a classroom. It's so true!

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