You know you're a teacher when...

1. You decline invitations to social functions because, “It’s a school night.”
2. You respond more readily to “Miss” (or “Sir”) than your own name.
3. You attempt to behaviour manage your husband/ grandmother/ cat – “Now honey, what should you be doing?”
4. “Don’t teacher me!” becomes a regular feature of your arguments with your spouse.
5. At the weekend you catch yourself checking your watch to see how long it is until break.
6. You experience an uncontrollable urge to take out a pen and correct grammatical errors on signs and posters.
7. You carry a pen.  Everywhere.
8. You repeat yourself in conversations with perfectly literate adults, simplifying your vocabulary second time round in case they didn’t get it.
9. You know that “It’s not my time you’re wasting, it’s yours…” is a horrible lie.
10. “Home time” is still the highlight of your day.

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