Another school year goes down in the history books. My seventh year as an elementary school teacher has drawn to an end. While I love my job and each of my students, I'm ready for a nice break! In light of this day, I have written a top ten list :) So for all of my teacher friends; ENJOY!
Top Ten Ways You Know It's Time for Summer Break:
10. Instead of pleasant dreams, those with puffy white clouds and blissful beach scenes, you dream of incorrect bubbling on test forms, waking up late on test day, and test misadministrations.
9. Your students comment that you are actually wearing makeup today. Hitting snooze a minute more each week has decreased your ability to perfect your facial appearance.
8. There are no longer any pencils of normal length. You have short pencils, chewed pencils, eraser-less pencils, and pencil shards.
7. Your tailored dress, pleated slacks, and freshly pressed cardigans have been replaced with school logo t-shirts and athletic pants. Heels? At this point you could care less you are a fashion failure when you wear your tennis shoes with a dress.
6. Your lunchbox looks like the bottom of a locker. Sticky notes, pens, behavior slips, and empty wrappers clutter the bottom of your meal satchel.
5. Your classroom upon entering, reeks of body odor, sweat, and feet. Yes, feet. Time for the space to do some airing out and you promise yourself you will give the deodorant talk earlier next year.
4. The crayon drawer looks extremely sad and lifeless. All that's left of a once colorful rainbow of colors, is white. White and the occasional scrap of another color, paperless of course.
3. Your family looks at you in disbelief, or maybe it's amazement, as you scarf down your dinner in ten minutes flat. Your digestive system has become quite accustomed to scarfing down a meal in between phone calls, lunch interruptions, and teacher chat.
2. You can now hold your urine for 8 hours and consider it an accomplishment that you didn't have to sprint to the teacher bathroom and leave your class unattended.
1. You could juggle, saw someone in half, pull a rabbit from a hat, or even walk a tight rope and your students still wouldn't be entertained by you. Blank stares replace enthusiasm and interest. Bikes, video games, and summer are in their daydreams.
Top Ten Ways You Know It's Time for Summer Break:
10. Instead of pleasant dreams, those with puffy white clouds and blissful beach scenes, you dream of incorrect bubbling on test forms, waking up late on test day, and test misadministrations.
9. Your students comment that you are actually wearing makeup today. Hitting snooze a minute more each week has decreased your ability to perfect your facial appearance.
8. There are no longer any pencils of normal length. You have short pencils, chewed pencils, eraser-less pencils, and pencil shards.
7. Your tailored dress, pleated slacks, and freshly pressed cardigans have been replaced with school logo t-shirts and athletic pants. Heels? At this point you could care less you are a fashion failure when you wear your tennis shoes with a dress.
6. Your lunchbox looks like the bottom of a locker. Sticky notes, pens, behavior slips, and empty wrappers clutter the bottom of your meal satchel.
5. Your classroom upon entering, reeks of body odor, sweat, and feet. Yes, feet. Time for the space to do some airing out and you promise yourself you will give the deodorant talk earlier next year.
4. The crayon drawer looks extremely sad and lifeless. All that's left of a once colorful rainbow of colors, is white. White and the occasional scrap of another color, paperless of course.
3. Your family looks at you in disbelief, or maybe it's amazement, as you scarf down your dinner in ten minutes flat. Your digestive system has become quite accustomed to scarfing down a meal in between phone calls, lunch interruptions, and teacher chat.
2. You can now hold your urine for 8 hours and consider it an accomplishment that you didn't have to sprint to the teacher bathroom and leave your class unattended.
1. You could juggle, saw someone in half, pull a rabbit from a hat, or even walk a tight rope and your students still wouldn't be entertained by you. Blank stares replace enthusiasm and interest. Bikes, video games, and summer are in their daydreams.