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    17 Things You'll Only Understand If You Were A Breakthrough Teacher

    1. You're writing this article for your final Presentation of Learning.

    1. You consider waking up at 8am "sleeping in"

    2. Coffee becomes your lifeblood

    3. "Attendance" will never mean the same thing again

    4. You danced like this in front of your students' families at Celebration

    5. You know all the hip lingo popular with the youths

    6. You made a Pinterest solely to steal lesson ideas from other teachers

    7. You've mastered the art of winging it

    8. Faculty meetings running long is the bane of your existence

    9. And sometimes all you want to do is take a 6 hour nap.

    10. But those are always the times when your students decide to act like crazy people.

    11. This is your reaction when a student does something incredibly thoughtful for you.

    12. Your future career plans are much more clear.

    13. Your respect levels for your old teachers have increased 100 fold

    14. Watching your student grow over the summer both academically and personally makes your heart explode.

    15. Your students taught you just as much (if not more) than you taught them.

    16. You care about your students more than anything and cannot wait to see the amazing things they accomplish.

    17. And you feel so thankful to be part of Breakthrough this summer.