Teaching for a living is a ridiculous job because throughout the year we’re like, ‘we can’t wait until break’ and then during break all we think about is teaching. We even say, ‘I’m not even going to be thinking about teaching!’ when we go on break, but that’s a lie. It will be July, and I’ll be walking into a store for ice pops and I walk out with popsicles for an activity I’m gonna do next school year. It’s not even a conscious decision. Why am I telling middle schoolers I don’t know at the mall to not run in the hallways? The Hotel California of careers, I swear.