You Might Be a Teacher If…

Teachers are special. There are some things in our lives that only other teachers will understand. See how many of these “You Might Be A Teacher If…” statements apply to you!

You might be a teacher if you have a hard time coming up with a name for your own child because every name reminds you of a difficult student.

You might be a teacher if you consider laminating things to be a hobby…and you own your own personal laminator. (A personal laminator was such a necessity to me, that it was one of my 9 must-haves.)

You might be a teacher if you have no money, but you would be rich if you had a dollar for every time somebody told you that it “must be nice to have summers off.”

You might be a teacher if you’ve asked your husband or wife to use their “indoor voice.”

You might be a teacher if you have have to restrain yourself from correcting children’s behavior in public.

You might be a teacher if you spend a large part of your day repeating yourself.

You might be a teacher if you cringe when you see cupcakes.

You might be a teacher if you have the special ability to tell whether or not a child really needs to go to the bathroom.

You might be a teacher if you get way too excited about freshly sharpened pencils. (Or about getting a pencil sharpener that actually works!)

You might be a teacher if you use hand sanitizer at least 100 times a day.

You might be a teacher if your favorite gift is a used stuffed animal from a a student who had nothing else to give.

You might be a teacher if you can make a child tell the truth with just your eyes.

You might be a teacher if you can’t go to Target without buying something in the Dollar Spot.

You might be a teacher if you have successfully tricked kids into doing something they hate by calling it a game.

You might be a teacher if you are constantly in the need of new dry erase markers. (Another one of my 9 must-haves!)

You might be a teacher if you’ve fallen asleep at 7:00 on a Friday night because you were so exhausted.

You might be a teacher if you’ve had to sing during professional development on multiple occasions.

You might be a teacher if you collect things like toilet paper rolls, coffee cans, and paint strips on the off chance you might be able to use them for a project sometime.

You might be a teacher if you know the meaning of these acronyms: IEP, CST, ELL, GATE, IDEA, NCLB, CCSS, ODD, RTI, AYP, FERPA, KWL, SLP

You might be a teacher if you’ve had days where you wanted to quit and yet loved your job at the same time.

You might be a teacher if you’ve rearranged your schedule in order to get the copy machine to yourself.

You might be a teacher if your favorite part of an inservice or professional development day is getting to have a real lunch break.

You might be a teacher if you know the power of a few simple claps if you need a group of children’s attention.

You might be a teacher if you can’t drive by a garage sale or bookstore without buying a few books.

You might be a teacher if you’ve gone to school sick on multiple occasions just to avoid making sub plans.

You might be a teacher if you have complete control over your bladder.

You might be a teacher if you can read this sentence: “iwnttothmuves.”

You might be a teacher if you can’t imagine doing anything else with your life, no matter how hard it gets sometimes.