1. Standing in front of your students as you are dripping with sweat makes you look hardcore and badass. They won’t mess with you.
2. The excessive heat will make even the most psycho students mellow out.
3. Detox as you teach! Just sweat out all those toxins that you’ve built up stressing about the new school year.
4. Let fresh air filter in through the lovely windows. Think about it, if the AC was on, you would be sealed in a classroom with 25 sneezing, sniffling, unsanitary teenagers that may not have even bathed today!
5. You can actually hear the bell.
6. It is the students’ first test in concentration as they try to study while the giant construction trucks rumble by below. Additionally, speaking over all the outside noises will help you with the projection of your voice, in turn, making you a better teacher.
7. Working without AC is soooooo much more enjoyable than grading final exams while someone is jack-hammering concrete directly above your classroom.
8. When you head home after school, it is much easier to accept the fact that your house doesn’t have AC either. This can help you avoid fights with your husband on the subject of buying and installing an AC unit.
9. In the early morning and late afternoon class hours, positioning yourself in the correct window area will help you improve your suntan. (Depending on which side of the building you’re on.) Who wouldn’t love to get that sun-kissed look and be PAID to get it!
10. Eventually, when the AC is turned on, your threats will carry true weight and scare the students into behaving. “If you don’t get quiet right now I am going to shut the AC off!!! You do remember the temperature of my classroom the first week of school don’t you? I swear I’ll turn it off right now!” And everything will fall into complete order.
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miércoles, 29 de diciembre de 2010
The Top Ten Reasons Crocs are the Perfect Shoes Wear While Teaching.
1. The soft rubber, squishy sole makes the shoes 100% silent and pivotal in sneaking up on students who are cheating. I’ll never wear high heels again!
2. You may have the same shoes as a student in which case they will think you are the coolest teacher in the world because you have the same style as they do.
3. If you work at a school where the parking lot frequently floods with over three inches of water, walking to your car and drying out your shoes has never been easier!
4. The rubber soles of the these shoes truly grip that grey tile making it easy to sprint from the teacher’s lounge with coffee in hand, and not be late to class.
5. Other teachers will envy your classy casual look and they will then go buy crocs. That makes YOU a teacher trendsetter my friend. There is no higher accolade in the world of education.
6. If you teach outside of the state (or country) you can always gaze musingly at the bottom of your shoe at the place where it says “Boulder, Colorado.” You can remember where you came from and where you’re going back to. All THAT from a shoe…WOW!
7. Classroom-to-beach. Beach-to-classroom. If you have ever forgotten to pack extra shoes when you go to the beach after school, these shoes will solve that problem.
8. Somehow, ugly shoes in the color pink are forgivable with any outfit! (And if you get up at the crack everyday like I do, reaching for those shoes that just match with everything could be a huge time saver in your morning routine.)
9. If you usually wear sandals but are tired of your pre-pubescent, gangly, awkward, uncoordinated, space-cadet students stepping on your feet and giving you in-grown toe-nails, these shoes are part sandal and yet somehow part bumper to tactfully fend off those unwanted injuries.
10. The cool charms that you can put in the little foot air vents can tell your students a little bit about “who you are” so that you don’t have to waste class time to tell them yourself.
2. You may have the same shoes as a student in which case they will think you are the coolest teacher in the world because you have the same style as they do.
3. If you work at a school where the parking lot frequently floods with over three inches of water, walking to your car and drying out your shoes has never been easier!
4. The rubber soles of the these shoes truly grip that grey tile making it easy to sprint from the teacher’s lounge with coffee in hand, and not be late to class.
5. Other teachers will envy your classy casual look and they will then go buy crocs. That makes YOU a teacher trendsetter my friend. There is no higher accolade in the world of education.
6. If you teach outside of the state (or country) you can always gaze musingly at the bottom of your shoe at the place where it says “Boulder, Colorado.” You can remember where you came from and where you’re going back to. All THAT from a shoe…WOW!
7. Classroom-to-beach. Beach-to-classroom. If you have ever forgotten to pack extra shoes when you go to the beach after school, these shoes will solve that problem.
8. Somehow, ugly shoes in the color pink are forgivable with any outfit! (And if you get up at the crack everyday like I do, reaching for those shoes that just match with everything could be a huge time saver in your morning routine.)
9. If you usually wear sandals but are tired of your pre-pubescent, gangly, awkward, uncoordinated, space-cadet students stepping on your feet and giving you in-grown toe-nails, these shoes are part sandal and yet somehow part bumper to tactfully fend off those unwanted injuries.
10. The cool charms that you can put in the little foot air vents can tell your students a little bit about “who you are” so that you don’t have to waste class time to tell them yourself.
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…)
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…)
You Know You've Finally Adapted to Living in Mexico When...
1. You no longer are grossed out by the fact that eggs and milk are not refrigerated in the supermarkets.
2. In fact, you are not even grossed out by the small feathers and brown smudges that are on the eggs when you buy them.
3. You no longer mind when a tour bus turns left from the right lane and you almost die but slam on the breaks just in time. In fact you have come to expect it.
4. You understand that living with ants and cockroaches isn't that bad. And you know that even if you have your apartment completely fumigated, they will be back to visit you in less than three weeks.
5. You no longer feel ashamed that you walk around the mall three or four times a week without buying anything simply because it is something free to do, and it is air conditioned.
6. You carry TP with at all times...and not for blowing your nose...
7. You realize that if you hear a “bird” chirping in your apartment it is probably actually some sort of musical gecko which will be nearly impossible to find and 100% impossible to catch.
8. You bought earplugs.
9. You are no longer phased by the close calls that you have while driving at night in the Zona Hotelera that involve your tipsy paisanas scurrying across the highway in party dresses and high heels that they can barely walk in, let alone scurry.
10. Toilet seat? I don't need no F***ing toilet seat.
2. In fact, you are not even grossed out by the small feathers and brown smudges that are on the eggs when you buy them.
3. You no longer mind when a tour bus turns left from the right lane and you almost die but slam on the breaks just in time. In fact you have come to expect it.
4. You understand that living with ants and cockroaches isn't that bad. And you know that even if you have your apartment completely fumigated, they will be back to visit you in less than three weeks.
5. You no longer feel ashamed that you walk around the mall three or four times a week without buying anything simply because it is something free to do, and it is air conditioned.
6. You carry TP with at all times...and not for blowing your nose...
7. You realize that if you hear a “bird” chirping in your apartment it is probably actually some sort of musical gecko which will be nearly impossible to find and 100% impossible to catch.
8. You bought earplugs.
9. You are no longer phased by the close calls that you have while driving at night in the Zona Hotelera that involve your tipsy paisanas scurrying across the highway in party dresses and high heels that they can barely walk in, let alone scurry.
10. Toilet seat? I don't need no F***ing toilet seat.
The Top Ten Things I've Learned While Living in Mexico (in no particular order)
1. Even one “Choco Krispi” can attract an army of ants, and hoards of other such creatures, if left unattended for more than one minute and 35 seconds.
2.If you are pulled over by the police you may not have actually committed a traffic violation. You could have made the tragic error of driving through Mexico with Colorado “placas” aka “license plates.” (In which case, it is possible to tell them, in an angry and threatening voice, that you are tired of being pulled over for this reason. Then, they will apologize and let you continue on your way.)
3. White people: Always travel with at least one Mexican. Mexicans: Always travel with at least one whitey.
- If you want to rent beach chairs at the beach, have the Mexican ask how much they cost. It will be cheaper because Mexicans in Mexico are not what we consider “tourists.”
- If you want to order a beer or other alcoholic beverage, have the white person ask (only if the whitey is female.) In this case, the beverages will be cheaper.
- If you wish to wander through expensive hotels without being questioned, the white person should wear a sundress with their swimsuit underneath (visible), and adorn their head with the always-lovely, sunglasses-as-headband.
4. It is not against the law for a taxi to have a horn that sounds like the siren of a police car. It is not against the law for them to actually use it either.
5. In Mexico there are no noise ordinances.
6. If you are annoyed because your husband is an innately noisy person, living in a studio apartment with him in a country where there are no noise ordinances seems to amplify the problem.
7. If a Mexican tells you that the salsa is not spicy, don't believe him.
8. It is annoying to have a kitchen sink that does not produce water from the faucet. It is less annoying when you realize that if water is put in this sink it will quickly leak out the bottom and onto the floor.
9. Find out what streets by your house flood over 6 inches high during rainstorms. Then, do not park on these streets during a rainstorm.
10. Appreciate the fact that there is a country that sympathizes with the story of an illegal immigrant worker and supports her unconditionally. (That is, until her tourist visa expires. And since the country never stamped her passport on the way in, there could be serious issues...)
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