I remember one day walking into a gas station during the years when I was teaching. The gas station attendant immediately asked, “Are you a teacher?” Clearly, I gave off the teacher vibe. Maybe I was humming “The Farmer in the Dell” or I gave a “teacher look” to some random unruly child in the gas station. Whatever the reason, my appearance, attitude, and actions fairly screamed, “TEACHER!”
Check out “15 Ways You Know You’re a Preschool Teacher.” If you’re an early childhood teacher, I bet you’ll recognize some of these!
What things do you do that give away your profession?
When I take a fruit salad to family gatherings and they find that I cut the grapes in half. Yup only a prek teacher would look at the danger of choking on a grape.
Whenever I print in front of someone they ask me if I’m a teacher. That nice handwriting comes from many years of practice!
Rubber bands on my wrist and a paper clip or two on my blouse announce that I’m a teacher.
When I talk to my family as if they were my students!
I have to fight the urge to explain step by step instructions to adults that are having difficulty, as if they were my students.
I find myself speaking to everyone on a 6th grade level and always giving teacher looks.