My official job is to teach students new things according to the state standards, right? I came up with a list of occupations I was not trained for in college but have quickly learned because teachers have many more responsibilities than one would think. Teachers are also:
- Doctors/Nurses when there is a stomach ache, sprained ankle, bloody nose, or paper cut
- Police Officers when children decide to swing fists at one another
- Counselors when friends are fighting or talking about each other
- Meteorologists when students don’t watch the news
- Nutritionists when students decide that breakfast should be cookies, doritos, and Mountain Dew
- Janitors when the room is left a hot mess at the end of the day (which happens frequently)
- Technicians when the computer won’t turn on or the projector doesn’t work
- Zoologists when the class pet gets forgotten
- Personal Trainers since the Physical Education Laws were passed
- Photographers when we do exciting activities
- Celebrities when we go anywhere … seriously! Children I don’t know get so excited to see me in public
- Volunteers when any event happens at the school … it is not a choice
- Entertainers 24/7 … teachers have to compete with the world around us to catch the attention of students. If we aren’t more exciting than video games, cartoons, and computer games, forget trying to get students to listen!!
- “Experts”all the time … DUH! Teachers are supposed to know everything!
