#whatshouldTFAcallme

When I feel like Jim Lehrer in the middle of a couple of my students screaming at each other

I fail at moderating like,

The first time I heard a student drop the f-bomb

I was like, 

When I realize that my detox from teaching was watching the entire first season of Honey Boo Boo

I’m like,

When my kids don’t think I heard them because my back was turned, and then I whip around and bust the person talking

I’m like,

When my class is going super well, I feel like Jay Z

Like, 

When I was a first year and it was October,

I was like, 

When I’m too appalled to even bother with a verbal consequence

I write a referral without breaking eye contact like,

When my kids are over me,

They’re like,

So I’m like,

When it was August, before my kids actually liked me

I was like, 

When my students catch me at the grocery store looking absolutely nothing like a professional

I’m like,