The Top Ten Reasons Why Crocs are the Worst Shoes to Wear While Teaching

And now... a top ten list for all the haters (this one goes out to you Kelly Anne Shuster, no offense.)

1. They are plastic shoes and that’s just nasty. They are really only glorified, super expensive jellies people.

2. You may have the same shoes as a student and, depending on the student, this could make the student (or you) embarrassed.

3. Maybe, you will get sick and tired of students trying to be your friend by saying, “Oh, Miss Tracy, I have the SAME shoes as you!!” As if they could ever be as cool as you are, Ha!

4. Sometimes if the classroom is quiet and you have sweaty feet, you can hear them squeaking. Ew.

5. Though it doesn’t relate directly to teaching, the second you purchase Crocs, half of the population of the world will shun you. If half of your students (and colleagues) shun you, teaching becomes more difficult.

6. Pink rubber shoes are just way too casual for the workplace ladies and gentlemen. Who do you think you are anyway? The next thing you know teachers will all start coming to school in jeans!

7. Beware of sharp bulletin board object such as staples, thumbtacks, nails, or other sharp items that make their way into the classroom.

8. If you spend more than 11 hours at school for a few days in a row (because you are working on a yearbook deadline) (hypothetical of course) you could get a planters wart. (Plastic shoes will do that to you people!)

9. Other teachers may copy you. Sorry is the person who is proud to be a teacher trendsetter.

10. Your students come to school wearing Coach shoes, carrying Prada bags and wearing $300 Armani sunglasses. They know Mexican celebrities and you can see them partying with rich dudes in the pages of the city’s finest society magazines and you, you think it is ok to wear pink plastic shoes out of your rented house and into your classroom? Now THAT my friends is what I call NACA!! (or TRASHY for those of us that do not speak Spanish…)