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- Subject: Real Teachers
- From: Kandhy Franklin <kfrankli@sdcoe.k12.ca.us>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:01:10 -0800
They should also add how many times our families trip over our piles of
things to grade, read, study, or creative ideas to try out. Another
would be the "look" when you ask for an opinion of what hair-brained
idea you've come up with, or how we have to endure the chuckles when our
families read in the paper about our salaries and ALL those holidays as
you stand there with hand out wanting a FEW bucks for paper, books, a
seminar, an extra class. But my most memorable would be my husband's
continual comment: "Why don't you get a real job so you can afford to
teach. We are not a charity institution." or "How many kids or parents
will you be on the phone with tonight, I guess I'll have to make an
appoint too."
Hugs,
Kandhy
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> > >><< REAL TEACHERS!!!
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers grade papers in the car, during commercials, in
>> faculty
>> > >> lounges and have been seen grading in church.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers cheer when they hear April 1 does not fall on a
school
>> > >> day.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers drive older cars owned by credit unions.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers clutch a pencil while thinking and make notes in the
>> > >> margins of books.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers can't walk past a crowd of kids without straightening
>> up
>> > >> the line.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers have disjointed necks from writing on boards without
>> > >> turning their backs on the class.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers are written up in medical journals for size and
>> > >> elasticity of kidneys and bladders.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers have been timed gulping down a full lunch in 2
>> minutes,
>> > >> 18 seconds. Master teachers can eat faster than that.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers can predict exactly which parents will show up at
Open
>> > >> House.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers never teach the conjugations of lie and lay to eighth
>> > >> graders.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers know it is better to seek forgiveness than to ask
>> > >> permission.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers know the shortest distance and the length of travel
>> time
>> > >> from their classroom to the office.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers can "sense" gum.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers know the difference among what must be graded, what
>> > >>ought
>> > >> to be graded, and what probably should never again see the light of
>> > >>day.
>> > >>
>> > >> AMEN!!!!!
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers are solely responsible for the destruction of the
rain
>> > >> forest.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers have their best conferences in the parking lot.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers buy Excedrin and Advil in bulk.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers will eat anything that is put in the
>> workroom/teacher's
>> > >> lounge.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers know secretaries and custodians run the school.
>> > >>
>> > >> Real teachers hear the heartbeats of crisis; always have time to
>> > >> listen; know they teach students, not subjects; and they are
>> > >>absolutely
>> > >> non-expendable.
>> > >> >>
>
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