Is there a "Teacher" deep inside of you? Your comments please?

Question

*You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick.
*You find humor in other people's stupidity.
*You want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work from 8 to 3 and have your summers free!"
*You believe chocolate is a food group.
*You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
*You believe "shallow gene pool" should have its own box on the report card.
*You believe that unspeakable evil will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today."
*When out in public you feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior.
*You have no time for a life from August to June.
*Marking all As on report cards would make your life SO much simpler.
*When you mention "vegetables," you're not talking about a food group.
*You think people should be required to get a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.
*You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.

*You laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the "lounge."
*You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.
*You encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling.
*You believe no one should be permitted to reproduce without having taught in an elementary setting for at least 5 years.
*You've ever had you profession slammed by someone who would never DREAM of doing your job.
*You can't have children because there's no name you could give a child that wouldn't bring on high blood pressure the moment you heard it uttered.
*You think caffeine should be available to staff in IV form.
*You know you're in for a MAJOR project when a parent says, "I have a great idea I'd like to discuss. I think it would be such fun!
*You smile weakly, but want to choke a person when he/she says, "Oh, you must have such FUN every day. It must be like playtime for you."
*Your personal life comes to a screeching halt at report card time.

Last but not least.
*You undersatnd why the child is like they are, after the first meeting with the parents.

Answer 1

I'm a teacher, and if it's ok with you, I'd like to post your questions in the staff room.
My master teacher said she would love teaching "If all the children were orphans". If you're not a teacher that probably sounds mean. But most of us learn during parent conferences, WHY certain kids aren't learning, have behavior issues and don't practice common sense. Most parents/guardians are wonderful and truly have their child's best interest at heart. But there are parents who cause more stress than a room full of 2nd graders!

Answer 2

I actually think you have hit the only the high points. YOu missed the stabbings, shootings, muggings in the parking lot, threats of law suits...and that is from the principal when you do not certify the star basketball player for eligibility, Spending your meager income on class room supplies the thoughtful parents decided didn't need to be in the tax budget, and being paid less than the baby sitters the parents hire at night, but expect you to be during the day...and god forbid you have to call them in for their child's bad behavior....suddenly , YOU know nothing about teaching, YOU know nothing about controlling a classroom, and you are constantly facing the treat of having to look for another job next year if you don't suck @$$ all school year long with the other teachers AND the parents AND the jerk kids...what a job! There isn't enough pay in the world to entice me to be a school teacher, and there is not enough Valium made a year that could keep me on the job! My hat is off to teachers...they see problems with jerk kids, and if they suggest to the parents that....., their heads will roll. Frankly, I am surprised it wasn't teachers who came up with the idea, "let no child be left behind...." Surely one year with these kids is more than any teacher could take. Goldwing

Answer 3

Funny and true. Especially about the laws on reproducing. A good parent and grandparent always has a teacher inside. My happiest moments have been helping the grands learn to read, count, etc. One of my granddaughters hated to read until I started spending every afternoon on the porch alone with just her and listening to her read the 2nd grade readers. In just a few months she had progressed so much and enjoyed reading for pure fun. That is the one gift I'd love to give everyone the joy of reading.

Answer 4

I LMAO!! Good one, soooo, I know I have a Teacher inside of me, but those who don't and can still relate, may be a parent with a teenager who has a LOT of friends and the list pertains to them!

Loved the list, I haven't seen that one before.. .. .. thought I saw most all of this type of list since I hang to at myspace also! LOL!!

Answer 5

Very good. I never wanted to teach children. I have taught adults in the past. The grocery chain I worked for occasionally sent me to the new hire school to help the instructor. It was a pleasure to teach those people. They wanted to be there. They wanted to learn because they wanted the job.

Answer 6

That is absolutely adorable.....I could never be a teacher, it was hard enough helping the boys with homework. There are only so many ways that you can explain things before you think you gave birth to an idiot....of course he got it from his "fathers" side of the family..LOL

Answer 7

All mothers have a teacher inside them and it starts at the moment of birth of the first child. Loved your question.

Answer 8

OH I HEAR YOU. I guess every parent is a teacher but when I read these it puts me off ever considering becoming a teacher!!!
They are good tho LOL

Answer 9

PRICELESS! LOL

And yes, there is a teacher hidden within. All my aptitude tests in early schooling reflected I should be a math teacher! ...Lawd, knows WHY? I hated math!

Although I will have to admit many of jobs contained responsibilities for imparting information to those who didn't know and needed to know....and I enjoyed it!

Answer 10

Oh girl! These are priceless! 'saving this for future use!
Yes, I'm a teacher and it's everywhere with everyone I know. I'm very sly and do it discreetly...but my own kids always know! . Thanks=-Juju