#whatshouldTFAcallme

When I'm attempting to make myself disappear

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:32:57 -0500

I’m like,

When the principal looks me to me for a final disciplinary decision regarding a horribly behaved student

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:27:21 -0500

I’m like,

When I see a student in need of assistance

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:25:54 -0500

I’m like,

When kids ask for candy in exchange for correct answers

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:22:25 -0500

I’m like,

On a typical Friday night, while every other 23 year old in the country is grinding on someone at the Jersey Shore

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:16:00 -0500

I’m like,

When a student is caught with his cell phone in class

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:14:45 -0500

He’s like,

When I say things in my head that I cannot say out loud

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:13:03 -0500

I’m like,

When I'm tracking

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:49:49 -0500

I’m like,

When I eat food a kid offered me and then realize they did something to it first

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:48:54 -0500

I’m like,

When I ask one of my angsty middle school students what they're going to do this weekend

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:47:49 -0500

They’re like,

The first time I heard a special services student read through a sentence aloud, with confidence

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:20:06 -0400

I was like,

And then I did. And then I cried again later when I was telling my friends and family. And I’m not ashamed because I love my fucking job.

When other teachers look at me like i'm strange for sitting with the students at lunch

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:14:00 -0400

I’m like,

Contrary to behavior when I'm talking, when I bring a guest speaker in

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:01:45 -0400

My kids are like,

When my executive director is trying to convince us to go to a donor's event

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:59:04 -0400

They’re like,

When I'm a day late with my lesson plans and my curriculum specialist busts me for it

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:31:00 -0400

I’m like,

When a student asks me why they should listen to me

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:29:44 -0400

I’m like,

(Except most likely, I just got out of college and I’m scared out of my mind.)

When my kid is like, "No it is not!" and I'm like, "Yes, it is," and they say, 'NUH UH!" and I say, "UH HUH!"

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:11:40 -0400

I’m like,

When a student calls out without raising their hand 7 weeks into the year

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:59:00 -0400

I’m like,

When a smart-mouthed teenager who I don't teach starts yapping at me in the hallway

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:52:22 -0400

I’m like,

When it's Friday (for the first fifteen minutes before I start grading and calling my kids because I am obsessed with them)

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:49:34 -0400

I’m like,