21 Signs You Know You're An Educator

We asked our network of educators to complete the sentence: "You know you're an educator when..." Here are their responses.

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"You can carry 4-5 filled tote bags, balance a coffee mug, unlock a door, while planning and coordinating in your head. With a smile." Diana

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"You have a list of names you couldn't really consider for your own children, but you also have that list of names that you can only hope your kiddos could live up to." Heather

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"You have to pee at 10:47 even on the weekends." Catherine

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"When you get giddy over the 1 cent sale at Staples at the beginning of the year." Nicole

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"Your husband requests you stop talking to him like a kindergartener." Brittany

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"You can calm and quiet a group of kids with a series of claps!" Scott

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"You make sure everyone has used the bathroom before getting in the car, even when you're only with other adults." Heather

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"You tell your family that they need to raise their hands to get your attention" Lisa

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"You reach into your purse for a lipstick and come up with a glue stick..." Lenora

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"You have to pull a kid out of the garbage can because he climbed in after his lunch box!" Holli

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"You can discuss dung with a group of 5th grade boys and crack up with them when they realize what you are talking about!" Tracey

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"You can act dorky and are encouraged by the students." Susie

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"You correct teenagers who are swearing at the mall." Donna

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"You have hard time w/ Twitter b/c 140 doesn't allow proper grammar" Sarah

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"When you give 'your teacher look' to people in public!" Nickie

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"When kids pick their nose and stare right back at you like it's no big deal. #bleachwipes" Adam

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"You send an email to parents requesting they speak to their sons about the excessive amount of farting taking place in class" Kim

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"You take any freebie from a table at a conference because you always need pencils, pens, clips,…" Katie

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"You pick up something small and brown off the floor and give it the sniff test without flinching. #elemed #topthat" Tiffany

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"You are out with friends and remind them to use their inside voices before you all walk into a restaurant." Kimberly Michelle

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"You dissect a rap song into rhetorical strategies" Kip