You Might Be in Education If…

– You believe the staff room should have a valium salt lick.<br />n- You find humor in other people's stupidity.<br />n- You want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to have all you holidays and summers free."<br />n- You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.<br />n- You believe "shallow gene pool" should have it's own box on the report card.<br />n- You believe that unspeakable evil will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, the kids are sure mellow today."<br />n- When out in public, you feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior.<br />n- Marking all A's on the report card would make your life SOOOO much simpler.<br />n- When you mention "vegetables" and you're not talking about a food group.<br />n- You think people should be required to get a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.<br />n- You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.<br />n- You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac.<br />n- You really encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling.<br />n- You've ever had your profession slammed by someone who would NEVER DREAM of doing your job.<br />n- You can't have children of your own, because there is NO name you could give a child that wouldn't bring on high blood pressure the moment you heard it.<br />n- Meeting a child's parents INSTANTLY answers the question, "Why is this kid like this?"<br />n<br />nHat tip to <a href="http://ozguru.mu.nu/archives/2005/11/you_might_be_in.html">Ozguru at G'day Mate (Mk III)</a> for this one.<br />n<br />nI am not a teacher and I know I disparage them quite a bit, but it's a tough job and these struck me as so true. Thanks to all those good teachers out there. With my daughter in school now I will gaurantee they aren't all that way.