If you’re a regular blog reader, you know how much I love teachers. Usually, when I meet someone new, I can tell within a few minutes whether the person is a teacher. Teachers are just special like nobody else I know. What can I say? Who else can appreciate a teacher’s job the way teachers do?

Hey, let’s take a step back today and look at the fun, humorous side of teaching. Let’s tell some sweet, positive stories that only teachers will understand. We know who we are and what we do! Let’s hear it for teachers!

To start, I’ll modify a prompt from a famous comedian: You might be a teacher if…

  • You tell your husband to use his “inside voice.”
  • Your Christmas tree is covered with handmade ornaments–that were made by other people’s children.
  • You tell strangers to spit out their gum.
  • When you’re in the mall and a child runs by you, you stop him and tell him to walk.
  • You can’t remember the last time you read a book that didn’t have pictures in it.
  • When you’re in a store, you ask people not to cut in line.

Get the idea? Let’s have fun and share a giggle!

Your admiring blog host,

Hope

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  1. 10 Dec 2009 at 8:03 am # 59.  K3Teachers

    You might be a teacher if….

    Every wall in your house has…….
    *a learning chart up for your own children
    *and / or every piece of artwork up that your child has ever done…

    Hee hee

  2. 23 Oct 2009 at 2:22 pm # 58.  Amy

    I love this blog! i’m a first year teacher and i can already see some of these arising! HAHA! my favorite one i have heard is ‘you might be a teacher if you can’t name your own children because you can’t find a name that doesn’t raise your blood pressure!’

  3. 29 Sep 2009 at 10:57 pm # 57.  Cynthia

    You might be a teacher if…

    you buy a happy meal just to get the toy for your treasure box.

  4. 29 Sep 2009 at 9:35 pm # 56.  Angie

    You might be a Preschool teacher if….
    When you see someone struggling to put their coat on you fight the urge to take it from them, place it on the floor and teach them the “reach your hands in the sleeves and flip over your head” motion.

    You might be a Preschool teacher if…
    your home supply cabinet always has more construction paper than printer paper.

  5. 29 Sep 2009 at 9:25 pm # 55.  akari

    -if you see a teachable opportunity in almost everything.

    -if service people are annoyed by you because you stop to make the most of the teachable opportunity.

    -if things in your life are themed around classroom themes.

    akari

  6. 28 Sep 2009 at 11:55 pm # 54.  Kirchy

    - talking to adults just doesn’t feel right.

    - you find yourself “interpreting” what a child with speech issues is saying to his mother

    -you add the definition when you use a big word( The magnet will attract, or pull together, the paperclips becomes My herringbone jacket, the one with the little v’s, needs to go to the drycleaners)

    - When you tell someone a web address, you spell it slowly enough for a 6 year old to type

  7. 28 Sep 2009 at 9:50 pm # 53.  Laini

    You might be a teacher if you won’t eat at a restaurant with a misspelled word… (I’m so hungry :) )

  8. 27 Sep 2009 at 7:52 pm # 52.  Pat

    You know you’re a teacher when:
    you cringe everytime you see an untied shoelace
    you automatically turn around out in public whenever you hear “Hey, Miss……..
    your memory card on your camera is filled with classroom pictures that you need to get developed

  9. 27 Sep 2009 at 7:26 pm # 51.  Micaela

    …you watch Spongebob more than “adult” shows, (so you can relate to your students of course :))
    …your significant other refers to the local teaching store as your “fix”.
    …you spend more time away from home than at it.
    …you treat ALL kids like your students.
    …you buy toys, but don’t have kids.

  10. 27 Sep 2009 at 3:29 pm # 50.  Terrye

    If you have 3 large bookshelves at home full of kid’s books

    You have a cedar chest full of educational catalogs to use at the end of the year

    you get more educational catalogs in the mail than bills :)

  11. 27 Sep 2009 at 8:38 am # 49.  Tracy

    You might be a teacher if…
    **you cringe when you see spelling errors on signs, ads, etc.
    ***you have to stop yourself from correcting other people’s children in the grocery store
    ***you get excited when you find a great sale on children’s books

  12. 23 Sep 2009 at 11:34 pm # 48.  Jane

    - you create little songs to help reinforce basic concepts for your students and your husband knows the tune and all of the words!

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