Ah, teachers – important figures in our children’s lives but sadly, easy targets for know-it-all parents and pesky peers who love to put educators down.
Not like our teachers have an easy life: they have to push students to greater heights and basically parent them while writing that darned consent form.
This viral video kinda sums it up:
Posted by Ministry of Education, Singapore on Tuesday, 23 February 2016
And yet, they have to tolerate such put-downs so frequently, even the maths teacher has lost count.
Thankfully, because of their profession, their comebacks can be quite epic.
1. You deal with immature people daily
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2. I also can teach, because my results were awesome
3. Those who can’t do, teach
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4. I’m a taxpayer. I pay for your salary so you should listen to me
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5. I should be a teacher too, since I have two kids and I’m such a great parent
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6. You didn’t know what else to do, so you became a teacher
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7. Just follow the textbook, all the information is out there, how hard can it be?
Adapted from here.
8. How much do you make a year?
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