13 Times NBC's "A.P. Bio" Factually Depicts Teacher Problems

NBC's new show A.P. Bio is here for the #TeacherLife.

1. Tardiness is a problem for teachers as well as kids.

What the kids don't see is you clamoring to be there on time to take attendance.

2. Being a teacher is just like any other job...in that some days it's actual work.

Each kid is a special flower who must be helped to blossom yada yada, but also sometimes you're tired and want to be in bed!

3. The school vending machine is your cafeteria.

And also the reason you get chocolate stains on all the papers you grade.

4. But you barely get time to eat because you can't leave these kids alone for more than two seconds.

All it takes is one viral video to make them forget about today's lesson.

5. Some kids are super engaged...

Love when kids are extra about learning.

6. ...but some take a little work to get motivated, so you gotta make it interesting — even if it gets slightly weird.

Bloody riveting.

7. But, of course, as soon as you go off book, admin walks in.

You're supposed to teach to the test, but kids don't grow up to become test-takers!

8. You get tired of being cooped up in the same classroom all day.

At least the kids get to move from room to room.

9. Sure, the teachers' lounge is where teachers hang out and gossip...

You talk about anything except the piles of papers that need to be graded.

10. ...but the REAL teachers' lounge is, of course, the bar.

If the bar by the school is smart, they'll have happy hour discounts for you and your educator friends.

11. And you're gonna need it, because some days have you feeling like:

Your poor steering wheel.

12. But as soon as the next bell rings, you're back in the fray because you love those kids...

Those beautiful, sometimes annoying, but mostly amazing kids who will someday be in charge of the planet.

13. ...and your weirdo coworkers.

It's not just the music teachers who can move to the beat.

All images courtesy of NBC's A.P. Bio.

A.P. Bio understands that, some days, teaching our country’s future leaders is a tough job, but someone's gotta do it! Watch Glenn Howerton NOT teach advanced placement biology class to unwitting high school kids in A.P. Bio, premiering Feb. 1 on NBC.

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