How It Feels to Be a Teacher for an Entire Day

Many people think that a teacher's day starts at 8:00 or 9:00 AM and ends around 3:00 PM when the kids go home. Little do they know! According to a survey in the Washington Post by the chief academic officer for Scholastic, teachers actually work an average of 53 hours a week... AVERAGE! That doesn't even include the hours we spend in our free time prepping and looking for new ideas! Step inside our shoes for a day, this is just a sneak preview of how it feels...

6:00 AM (if you're lucky) - Open your eyes and contemplate life for a moment in bed...

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6:30 AM - Get out of bed and frantically look for something to wear...

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7:00 AM - Make the dreadful commute to school...

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7:45 AM - Put your game face on and mentally prepare for the next 8 hours of mutiny...

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9:00 AM - Control the urge to pee...

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9:30 AM - Lie to yourself that you have everything under control...

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10:00 AM - Try not to lose your cool by 2nd period...

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10:30 AM - Lose your cool by 3rd period...

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11:00 AM - Sanitize everything you touch in an attempt to not get sick (but accept that it's inevitably impossible)...

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11:30 AM - Try desperately not to pee your pants...

12:00 AM - Squeeze and run to the bathroom the second you get a free period...

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12:30 PM - Use lunch period to catch up on paperwork...

...and swallow your lunch whole (if you remember)...

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1:00 PM - Drink another coffee...

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1:30 PM - Test time...

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2:00 PM - Fight the urge to collapse on the floor and take a nap...

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2:30 PM - Try to input some data while students are doing classwork...

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3:00 PM - The bell finally rings, and all the muscles in your body relax for a brief, but glorious moment...

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4:00 PM - Make photocopies for tomorrow and deal with the copy machine...

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5:00 PM - Get stuck in traffic, pick up kids, pick up food, etc...

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6:00 PM - Take off your shoes and rest your swollen feet for a moment...

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8:00 PM - Unwind & Relax...

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8:30 PM - Finish grading...

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9:00-12:00 AM - Close your eyes and try to sleep, but think about how today's lesson went instead... 

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