You Might Be a Teacher If…
Posted by Hope Spencer on 16 Sep 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School, Meet the Mailbox®, Teachers and Teaching
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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You must be a teacher if…..
You sing the clean-up song while you are doing the dishes
You need glucosamine in order to get up from circle time
You feel like a referee and policeman
You go to bed smiling at the things your students said that delighted your heart
I think that I am in the wrong profession! I collect acorns and pine cones with the grands! Kids, anybodys, are attracted to be like a magnet and I love it! Always asking anybody for magazines! I collect shoe boxes, coffee cans, anything that you can put something in so that I can make things with the grands!
You might be a teacher if
You are always collecting other peoples junk for art projects.
you are upset that baby food jars are being replaced by plastic.
when you go for a walk you are always stopping to pick up pinecones and acorns,
You might be a teacher if…
you give your husband a five minute warning before it’s time to go somewhere
you find yourself hoping it will be 90 degrees before 11a.m. (so school will close early)
you know more than 4 songs with the days of the week
you get stuck entertaining the children at every family gathering
lesson planning is your life!
When you go home to your husband,(the son has already moved out and grad. from college),and when you speak to him, every sentence has the word “we” in it!!!
> Not uncommon to have people rub your back just to get the chalk off because you leaned against the board, AGAIN!(they just laugh at the chalk across you butt)
>You are very aware that spring has arrived because the boys and girls are playing chase and love is in the air.
> That buying a winter coat means looking for something that has a hood and enough warmth to keep you warm through recess duty. Forget, cute!
> That grocery shopping in the town that you teach will often result in children peeking around displays just to say hi.
> Your idea of a perfect nursing home for yourself has apple wallpaper and they sing all the good old songs. Wheels on the bus, …
> April Fool’s day should never land on a school day
You might be a teacher if…
*You annouce in front of all your 20-something friends that you “have to potty”
*Use the word “bottom” (instead of behind, etc.) in daily conversation
*Your job description includes lawyer, doctor, mom-away-from-mom, prison guard (management), friend, assessor, cook (for snacks), and much more!
*All the jokes you tell to your family come from the 101 Best School Jokes Book (or from popsicle sticks)!
You might be a teacher if….
..you have a cardigan hanging from your desk chair in case you get cold.
..you are always carrying around the latest copy of The Mailbox in your Tote bag.
..you own a Tote bag with children’s handprints all over it - given to you by your parent helpers.
..you own too many tote bags….:)
if your family has ever asked,” Mom can we eat this or is it for your class?”
if your walmart list has more things for your room than it does for your house.
if over half of the town knows you by your last name only, and calls your husband by his first name and you’ve live in the same place you were raised.
if you think a grouchy sales clerk needs a time out, or needs to move their clip.
….. You find paper clips at the bottom of your bag.
…… You can’t name your children certain names because you had a “special” child by that name who drove you crazy.
….. Everything is a learning activity.
If you find children’s conversations more interesting than adults!
If it takes being around children to get you in a good mood!
If you find yourself praying for a snow day!
You might be a teacher if….
you yell ‘no, don’t throw that out’ at the neighbors on trash day…
your home office looks like an explosion happened at a local ‘teacher store’…