- You believe the staff room should have 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 have all you holidays and summers free."
- You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
- You believe "shallow gene pool" should have it's own box on the report card.
- You believe that unspeakable evil will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, the kids are sure mellow today."
- When out in public, you feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior.
- Marking all A's on the report card would make your life SOOOO much simpler.
- When you mention "vegetables" and 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 believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.
- You really encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling.
- You've ever had your profession slammed by someone who would NEVER DREAM of doing your job.
- You can't have children of your own, because there is NO name you could give a child that wouldn't bring on high blood pressure the moment you heard it.
- Meeting a child's parents INSTANTLY answers the question, "Why is this kid like this?"
Hat tip to
Ozguru at G'day Mate (Mk III) for this one.
I am not a teacher and I know I disparage them quite a bit, but it's a tough job and these struck me as so true. Thanks to all those good teachers out there. With my daughter in school now I will gaurantee they aren't all that way.
