You know you are a teacher when...
You have an overwhelming sense of nostalgia when you see one of these:
work in sapporo originally posted by puss_in_boots
...but most days, you encounter one of these:
chad originally posted by cathycracks
You don't automatically fear a group like this:
Teen Hangout originally posted by tomswift46
...but start to panic at the thought of completing yet another one of these:
First grade report card originally posted by yksin
When you hear the word "dinner" you don't think of this:
birthday dinner originally posted by chiboulette
The word "dinner" makes you think of this:
Twizzler originally posted by Rob Lyons
You think this man is a hero:
Home page background image originally posted by Jamie Oliver
... but you struggle to recognise the person in charge of education in your authority/district/country:
Clowning around originally posted by Impactmedia
You forget to eat at the weekends because you don't hear one of these to tell you it is lunchtime:
School Bell originally posted by Sisters of St. Francis
It's not this bit of exams that worries you any more:
1138 originally posted by rosschapman
... but the marking bit scares you silly:
checking papers... originally posted by adlaw
Your automatic response is, "Oh, dear. Oops-a-daisy!" when you see someone slip and fall on this*:
icy trail originally posted by Sr.Mike
*True story! Primary teacher friend of mine said this to a chap that fell over and landed, painfully, on his backside in front of her. She was bending over to help him up when she saw the look on his face and decided it would be safer to hurry on past!
I'm sure you can suggest other tests. Send me your ideas.
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...or when you get on a bus and sit upstairs, at the front (this is a Glasgow Corporation bus circa 1972) and soon become engrossed in your book. You become aware that the noise level around you is rising as the bus fills up. Suddenly, you leap to your feet, turn round and roar at the startled occupants:"Will you be quiet!"
ReplyDelete.... this wasn't me (I throw up if I read on a bus) but a colleague, long ago, in the now defunct Woodside Secondary.
Hee, hee! A colleague of mine did something similar in a cafe. She stood up, told them to stop throwing their food about and sat down again. The whole place was stunned into silence and the teenagers behaved impeccably for the rest of their time there. :-)
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