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38 Clues That a Teacher is Bad
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  • They think an electric pencil sharpener is the latest thing in technology.


  • They belong to a group trying to bring back corporal punishment.


  • Their bad breath extends to the rest of their body.


  • They think Pontius Pilate is an exercise program.


  • They have tattoos on their lips.


  • They keep sniffing the glue sticks.
  • They keep a framed portrait of Torquemada on their desk.


  • They click a pair of steel ball bearings in their hands while asking about the strawberries.


  • They ignite passion in their students by teaching them to make Molotov cocktails.


  • They genuflect whenever they hear the word curriculum.


  • By the time they finish taking role the class hour is over.


  • They keep students after school to clap erasers, even though there are only whiteboards in every classroom.


  • They start a lecture and cannot be stopped by anything less than an earthquake or someone chewing gum.


  • They spend so much time giving homework that theres no time left to learn anything in class.


  • Field trips consist of going to the Wash-O-Mat and watching them do their laundry.


  • They teach Social Studies using MAD Magazine.


  • Their alma mater advertises in the back of comic books.


  • Theyre certain dyslexia is an eating disorder.


  • They would rather exterminate a question than answer it.


  • They subscribe to the Flat Earth Society magazine.


  • They work evenings as a bouncer in a book store.


  • They get nervous when students stay awake the full hour.
  • They plant seeds but dont water them.


  • They bring their parole officer on Career Day.


  • They believe in repetition like others believe in religion.


  • They are banned from the teachers lounge for embezzling the coffee fund.


  • They claim to be writing their thesis on Angry Birds.


  • They give open book tests on subjects they never got around to teaching.


  • They mistake curiosity for insubordination.


  • They think volume equals discipline.


  • They are so disorganized that when their socks dont match you are amazed they have any on at all.


  • Their social skills are so poor that they talk more to the class hamster than to their students.


  • They text more than their students during class.


  • They take up a collection in class to pay off their bookie.


  • Their Facebook page was voted Number One Entertainment Site by Playboy Magazine.


  • They think of Powerpoint as the ability to point at a student and send them to the Principals office.


  • They use their students as a group therapy session, reviewing all their personal problems and hang ups.


  • They are always late...because The dog ate my car keys!
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