Thursday, November 09, 2006

Why we should all become teachers- fast:P

I just realised the most awesome thing.
You know how I teach in the Elementary Department, in which all the teachers are females. So even though in my subconscious I DO know that teachers can be male and female, in my daily life, when I say teacher I picture the female teachers in our department.

Today was Thursday, but we had to go to work anyway (In-service day). We've been divided into committies and stuff, cuz our school is trying to get Accreditation and there's loads to do.

So anyway, to make a long story short, I've had the chance to meet some of the other teachers in school (middle and high school) where you'd find teachers from both genders. And since I'm the youngest in the group (which is not surprising since I'm the youngest in the whole school!) I had to sit and hear all the teachers talking about their families and kids, with little contribution from my part. (Unless you count the remarks I said under my breath to the teachers next to me, resulting in sudden outbursts of laughter from our end of the table, followed by me eyeing them disapprovingly and blinking my eyes innocently- denying any involvement:P)

Then it hit me: I wonder if those teachers were married to teachers?
Just think with me for a sec. How awesome would it be if you've got a family where both parents are teachers along with school-aged kids?
The WHOLE family has the entire summer to go wild!
Do you realise the amount of stuff you can fit in 2 whole months of holiday? Backpacking through europe, Safaris in Africa, a trip around the world! A whole LOT of boardgames, cookie baking, couch snuggling, book reading, projects in the backyard, bizarre family rituals- the sky's the limit!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, no?

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