All of us future teachers of America’s youth have some things in common, not including the fact that we love kids and don’t mind tying endless pairs of shoes. Here are some dead giveaways that you are an elementary education major.
1. You own and regularly use crayons, colored pencils, and/or markers. They are probably even in rainbow order, tbh.
2. You have a newfound respect for all of your elementary school teachers. “Thanks so much for all your hard work, and for not freaking out when we did things like jam crayons into the pencil sharpener.” (Anyone else? No? Just me?)
3. You’re really good at thinking like a second grader…like, too good.
4. You’ve had a nightmare/lost sleep over not passing an MTEL. “It costs me HOW much money to take this test?! Excuse me while I rethink this career choice…”
5. People often nominate you to write on the board or the group scribe during group projects because of your awesome “teacher handwriting”.
6. You have a Pinterest board full of classroom crafts.
9. You know the phrase “those who can’t do, teach” was clearly invented by someone who is not a teacher. We’d like to see you design your own unique curriculum that meets the common core standards, thank you very much.
10. You feel more comfortable speaking in front of a bunch of eight year olds than adults.
11. You always find yourself being asked to do a “think-pair-share” in your education classes. Sometimes we even sit on the floor to do it. Or in circles, we love those.
12. You always have people commenting on the salary you’ll be making as a teacher someday. We’re not in it for the income, trust me.
13. When it comes down to it, you can’t imagine your future without a classroom full of kids!