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1. When you use your teacher voice on your spouse, kids, your neighbors, the waiter ... #teacherproblems
2. Your new laminated color-coded organization system or jungle-themed classroom library checkout procedure was the highlight of your week. #teacherproblems
3. When you have after-school coaching duties and you're still expected to be at the after-school faculty meeting AT THE SAME TIME. #teacherproblems
4. "Ran into a student of mine while buying wine at the grocery store. He asked me what I was doing and his mother interrupted, 'She’s going to have a good night, leave her alone.'" –Stephanie G. #teacherproblems
5. Can't wait to go home on Friday night, only to be up early Saturday grading papers. #teacherproblems
6. Those inevitable personal questions from students: "When are you going to have babies?" "Why aren't you married yet?" #teacherproblems
7. "When you've been lulled into complacency by the photocopier and you realize that your next class started four minutes ago." —Amy L. #teacherproblems
8. "After spending all week surrounded by people and talking all day, the last thing you want to do is socialize on the weekend." —Lea D. #teacherproblems
9. When students complain about having to stand for five minutes (in line, for an activity) when you’ve been on your feet all day. #teacherproblems
10. That lesson that you spent two hours planning took less than 30 seconds for your class to complete. #teacherproblems
11. It's payday and you're excited because you can't wait to buy that new set of smelly markers, fraction tiles or easy readers you've been eyeing. #teacherproblems
12. PD icebreakers. Enough said. #teacherproblems
13. When it's way more stressful to prep the sub plans and leave your class with a substitute than to just go in to work sick. #teacherproblems
14. When you have to cancel the first big night out in weeks to fill in as a prom chaperone. #teacherproblems
15. When it's the last few weeks of school and you're forced into desperate measures to keep your students' attention. #teacherproblems
16. When an ugly breakup is quietly going down in study hall and you're doing your best not to call attention to it. #teacherproblems
17. When you get volunteered by your principal to lead yet another committee next semester because you're so darn competent. #teacherproblems
18. When eating lunch in 20 seconds flat and dining while grading, lesson planning and returning email has wreaked havoc with your table manners. #teacherproblems
19. When the Internet works absolutely everywhere you go—the neighboring classroom, the grocery store, Starbucks, the middle of nowhere—EXCEPT your classroom. #teacherproblems
20. When you grade the stack of papers that aren't due back until next week, instead of the ones you promised for tomorrow. #teacherproblems
21. When you're going to miss your students and your classroom, but you're still going to enjoy every minute of your summer break! #teacherproblems
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