Things I never knew . . .

Installment #2:

Five things I never knew . . . until I became a teacher:

• how long I could be sick–that first year I was sick for three months straight
• how sick I could be, and still go to work–sick days are few the first year, not to mention sick days are difficult to take anyway as a teacher
• how worthless all those immune booster drinks and powders are–they are no match for school germs
• how much Kleenex are consumed/can be consumed in a single day–between my sick self and my sick students, I can go through several boxes in a single day, it’s ridiculous
• how many kids come to school sick–it’s a lot, and often