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15 Signs You’re An Education Major

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.
“If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you without hesitation: I was born to be a teacher.” -Robert John Meehan

 

1. Your planner is your best friend

a photo of an open planner
Free-Photos | Pixabay

 

2. A lot of your closet consists of teacher clothes

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

 

3. You have a Pinterest board full of ideas for your future classroom

a gallery wall of small art pieces
Joyce McCown | Unsplash

 

4. Your classes are 95% female

Laptop with white mug that says the future is female with a lipstick mark
Pexels / CoWomen

 

5. You silently judge your professors teaching styles

classrooom and students with a projector
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6. You’d rather teach a lesson to 8 year-olds than give a presentation to adults

Black Teacher
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7. You know that you won’t have the biggest salary and you don’t care

Patrick Spongebob Money
Tenor

 

8. You love being around kids

two women sit on a swing set. they are facing each other.
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9. Buying new school supplies makes you happy

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10. You have to check out picture books at the library (and sometimes get funny looks)

The Lalagirl Looking Through Books
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11. You get really excited to decorate bulletin boards or make posters

post it wall of love
Kyle Glenn

 

12. Your organization skills are on point

a woman sits at a wooden desk writing in a notebook. there is an imac in front of her.
Retha Ferguson | Pexels

 

13. You get annoyed when people imply that your major is easy

 

14. You’re already working on your teacher voice

Original illustration by Kristina Stapelfeld

 

15. You can’t wait to start teaching!

SAU Senior Student Teacher Harry Styles and Taylor Swift enthusiast
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