PHASE 1:

You are listening to jazz -- Your first day at work is great.
Your fellow teachers are wonderful, your classroom is cute,
you love your students, and your principal is the best!

PHASE 2:

You are listening to pop music -- After a while
you are so busy that you are not sure if you're
coming or going anymore.

PHASE 3:

You are listening to heavy metal -- This is
what you feel like after ONE month.

PHASE 4:

You are listening to hip hop -- You become
bloated due to stress, you're gaining weight due
to lack of exercise because you are so tired and
have so much school work to do when you get
home, you feel sluggish and suffer from constipation.
Your fellow teachers are too cheerful for your liking
and the walls of your classroom are closing in. You
have started thinking 'WHATEVER' about your
principal.

PHASE 5:

You are listening to GANGSTA RAP -- After
more time passes, your eyes start to twitch,
you forget what a 'good hair day' feels like as
you just fall out of bed and load up on caffeine.

PHASE 6:

You are listening to the voices in your head --
You have locked your classroom door to keep people
out, You wonder WHY you are even here in the
first place and WHY did I become a teacher!

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

In my humble opinion, they left off the most important phase...the "Post Teaching Phase".

So...

As another "Point of Personal Privilege", I have taken the liberty of posting a snapshot taken of me on one of my favorite Saturdays of the week...

POST TEACHING PHASE:

"Your day will come, tra, la, la, la, la, la..."