1) When a student asks you a question that's already been asked and answered

2) When the 3PM bell finally rings on Friday

3) That feeling after grading papers

4) When students come to argue their marks on the last day of the semester

5) That feeling when the bell rings and you suggest one more problem

6) Making new seating charts

7) Walking out of school on the last day before winter or summer break

8) The Sunday night anxiety that sets in before the first Monday after Christmas/Spring or any break...

9) When you just asked a student to stop talking and you hear their voice seconds later

10) When you catch a distracted student so you call on them to read

11) When they sharpen their pencil when you're explaining directions

12) Prepping for parent-teacher night

13) Surviving parent-teacher night

14) When the flu is going around and you're doing your absolute best not to catch it

15) But when you do - calling in sick is not in your vocabulary

16) When your lesson goes as planned and students were engaged and loved it

17) When you think you've got your work under control but who are you kidding?

18) When administration suggests you take on more students in your class

19) Trying not to laugh when a student says something hilarious but completely inappropriate

But in the end it's all worth it...

20) The feeling when your students tell you they appreciate you

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