Grandpa sent me something NOT stupid! Whoah!

A Modern Parable

A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (General Motors)decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
( You know you want to know who won )

Sad, but oh so true! Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.

Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants Inside the US. The last quarter's results: Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. Ford folks are still scratching their heads!

Oh dear gods...

These ALL apply to me:

You know you're a teacher if...

...you want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work 8 to
3:30 and have summers off

...it is difficult to name your own child because there's no name you can
come up with that doesn't bring high blood pressure as it is uttered

...you can tell it's a full moon or if it going to rain, snow,
hail....anything!!! Without ever looking outside

...you believe, "shallow gene pool" should have its own box on a report card

...you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy,
the kids sure are mellow today."

...when out in public, you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children
you do not know and correct their behavior

...you think people should have a government permit before being allowed to
reproduce

...you wonder how some parents MANAGED to reproduce

...you laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the
"lounge."

...you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into Military schools or home
schooling and are willing to donate the UHAUL boxes should they decided to
move out of district

...you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form

...you can't imaging how the ACLU could think that covering your students
chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding
Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public

...meeting a child's parent instantly answers the question, "Why is this kid
like this?"

...you would choose a proctology exam over a parent conference

...the words "I have college debt for this?" has ever come out of your mouth