You might be an educator if:

(1) You believe the staff room should be equiped with a valium salt lick.


(2) You want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work 9 to 3 and have the summers free.


(3) You can tell if it's a full moon without looking outside.


(4) You believe "shallow gene pool" should be it's own box on the report card.


(5) You belive unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy the kids sure are mellow today."


(6) When out in public you feel the urge to snap your fingers at a child you do not know in public and correct their behaviour.


(7) You have no time for life from August to June.


(8) Marking all A's on report cards would make life SO much easier.


(9) When you mention "vegetables" you are not talking about a food group.


(10) You think people should be required to get a government permit befor being allowed to reproduced.


(11) You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.*


(12) You go into uncontrollable hysterics when people refer to the staff room as a "lounge".


(13) You believe in the aerial spraying of haldol and ativan.**


(14) You encourge an obnoxious parent to check into home schooling.


(15) You cannot have children because there's no name you could give a child that wouldn't bring on high blood pressure the moment you hear it uttered.


(16) You think caffeine should be administered by I.V.


(17) Your personal life comes to a screeching halt during report card time.


(18) Meeting a child's parent instantly answers a question, "Why is this kid like this?"