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    16 Teachers Who Also Just So Happen To Be Celebrities

    Could you imagine if Wolverine was your gym coach???

    1. Kiss rockstar Gene Simmons taught sixth-grade.

    2. Hugh Jackman used to teach high school gym class.

    3. Craig Robinson was an elementary school music teacher.

    4. Benedict Cumberbatch used to teach English abroad in Darjeeling, India.

    5. John Krasinski used to teach English abroad in Costa Rica.

    6. And J.K. Rowling used to teach English abroad in Portugal.

    7. Jon Hamm spent three years as a daycare teacher and one year teaching drama at his alma mater.

    8. Sting was a teacher for St. Paul's School in England.

    9. Jesse Williams was a high school teacher.

    10. Roberta Flack taught music and English.

    11. Sheryl Crow was also a music teacher.

    12. Teller (from Penn & Teller) used to teach high school Latin before he got into magic.

    13. Brian May was a math teacher.

    14. Stephen King taught high school English before he wrote Carrie.

    15. Billy Crystal worked as a substitute teacher.

    16. And Lin-Manuel Miranda used to teach high school English.