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I thought this blog was funny: http://freethingsforteachers.blogspot.com/2009/06/five-signs-youre-english-teacher-poster.html

What would your 5 signs be?

Mine are:

1. Looking for spelling mistakes on supermarket labels

2. Correcting each person who says "ain't"

3. "Can you? or MAY you?"

4. Making compound words with Spaghetti-o's ABC

5. SCRABBLE! SCRABBLE! SCRABBLE!

1.  Not being able to read any document, paper, book, newspaper or magazine without a pen in hand, to underline, correct, and make comments.

2.  Recommending books for book clubs that other people complain are "too descriptive," "too hard to understand," and "don't have any point to them."

3.  A stack of books 3 feet tall on the nightstand, all partially read, with bookmarks poking out everywhere.  "Book landslides" occur often.

4.  The commonly uttered phrase, "I'd love to go, but I have to grade papers."

5.  Episodes of "grammar rage" that occur after viewing signs in town such as "Free Kittys" and "Your going to love our store!".  Symptoms include yelling, beating the steering wheel, general pessimistic commentary on the level of intelligence in human beings, and the occasional uppity correction given to management.

1) Correcting people's grammar

2) Insist om being called Mr or Ms by people in their 50s and 60s

3) Telling people not to run or become too excited out of class

4) Have more than one dictionary

5) Spend 4 or 5 hours a day grading papers

1.  My pet peeve--when the apostrophe is used incorrectly at the flea market (or other places).  "Funnel Cake's 75 cents" is just ridiculous!

2. Misspellings in the paper and billboards

3.  "Him and me are going to the fair"...UGH....and other grammar no-no's.

4.  Making my boys read a minimum of 30 minutes per day during the summer and discuss what they've read with me.

5.  Having more books stacked on my bedside table than most people even own in their whole lives.  I like to read 7-8 simultaneously...it depends on my mood which one I pick up each night.

1.  always asking people what they're reading

2.  getting annoyed by fewer/less

3.  proud to know that the subject of a gerund is in the possessive case

4.  proud to know what a gerund is :)

5.  correcting, correcting, correcting

A few that could apply to teachers of many subjects:

1. A secret addiction to the smell of hand sanitizer.

2. The neurotic need to have every yellow #2 pencil fatally sharp.

3. A general annoyance at people who "talk over" others.

4. An extreme dislike of anything lacking organization (unless, of course, it's your own desk).

5. A collection of assorted travel mugs, all of which you use during the school year to sustain your caffeine addiction.

Response to #7 - YOU KILLED ME with your list. It was like therapy! Thanks!

You guys are so funny, all of you!

Does anybody else . . .

1. Proof the news crawl at the bottom of the TV screen?

2. Own highlighters in 10 colors?

3. Save everything "for my classroom"?

4. Get annoyed when million-dollar earners misuse who/whom?

5. Take papers home to grade in big cardboard boxes?

1. My almost insurmountable rage at people who hypercorrect..."just between you and I..."

2. My inability to watch inspirational teacher movies as I am constantly wondering where these teachers have duty and how many preps they teach.

3. My ridiculous excitement at the "back to school" aisle at Walmart.

4. My need to dissect popular music for figures of speech and stylistic devices.

5. My motley collection of dictionaries and writing handbooks.