Day 42: you know you're a student teacher when... (insight to my life)

You know you're a student teacher when...

you think in SWBAT's (student will be able to)...

you use lesson plans as an excuse for things you really, truly hate... and everything else as an excuse for lesson plans...

you miss hours of pointless reading...

you wish you were a freshman again...

you actually have a reason to countdown to graduation...

you actually miss being a "student"...

you pay thousands of dollars to a school you haven't seen in months...

you know what PRAXIS means...

your 7am classes were replaced with 7am teacher meetings...

you find yourself bribing children with extra recess...

you find yourself saying “miss roberts needs you to...” more often than anything else... other than maybe “did you read the directions???”

you laugh when everyone else is going thru orals... been there done that... SO last semester...

you've been tired of sandwiches since january...

you really, REALLY love coffee...

you're taking up an offering for a bathroom in each classroom...

you're researching bladder cancer from holding it too long...

you finally understand why the teacher was the “all-time-pitcher” in baseball...

you hate four-square...

you hate LOSING at four-square...

you're constantly counting children and praying that you haven't lost another one...

you don't know any freshman back at faith...

you laugh when people will be in ankeny and would like to interview you...

you try to convince your teacher that nap time is still a good idea in fourth grade...

your “social event calendar” is mainly... a friday night on facebook???

you laugh when the highschoolers tell you look 16... 

and the elementary kids say you look 32.

and... 10:00 is WAY past your bedtime...