Teacher Lingo
When you ask the class to line up “quietly” and they somehow get louder.
What is The Hallway Stampede?
The universal signal that someone is about to ask to go to the bathroom.
What is the raised hand?
This Hogwarts professor wore round glasses and had a lightning-scarred student in her class
Who is Professor Dumbledore?
Will also accept: Professor McGonagall
The chalkboard erasers were cleaned by clapping them together or…
What is banging them on the wall outside?
The only reason teachers look forward to Friday afternoon.
What is the weekend?
This kind of “meeting” could have been an email.
What is a faculty meeting?
This magical object disappears every year despite buying 200 of them in August.
What is a pencil?
This TV teacher had a magic school bus.
Who is Ms. Frizzle?
The overhead projector’s favorite accessory.
What is a transparency sheet?
This is the only place in the building where you can hide for 3 minutes without anyone finding you.
What is the supply closet?
The special skill of spotting students doing something they shouldn’t without looking directly at them.
What is teacher radar?
The only time the copier works perfectly is when this person is using it.
Who is literally anyone but you?
The substitute teacher who couldn’t pronounce “Aaron” correctly in a viral comedy skit
Who is Mr. Garvey from Key & Peele?
The sound of the TV cart being rolled into the room meant this.
What is movie day?
You might hear this phrase 27 times before lunch
What is "Can I go to the bathroom?"
When you have 5 minutes before dismissal but 37 seconds of teaching left.
What is filler time?
The one phrase guaranteed to make the room silent: “We’re having a…
What is a pop quiz?
The teacher who sang “Let’s get down to business” in the Disney movie Mulan.
Who is Captain Li Shang?
These “computers” had green text on a black screen and were used for typing lessons.
What are Apple IIe or IBM PCs?
The first thing you check when the Wi-Fi goes down.
What is “Is it just me?”
The technical term for “holding in laughter when a student says something accidentally hilarious but inappropriate.
What is professional composure?
What you get when you combine coffee, determination, and pure survival instinct.
What is a teacher in May?
In Matilda, this kind teacher believed in her student’s special powers.
Who is Miss Honey?
The punishment that meant writing the same sentence over and over.
What is writing lines?
The exact number of emails in your inbox during the last week of school.
What is too many to count?