Reasons to love being a teacher

• You get to sleep late every day for 5-6 weeks in the summer
• You get to work from home (what the non-teaching world regard as holidays) for several weeks a year - great if you have your own children
• You never have to explain why you look exhausted
• You know for a fact that most teenagers are lovely - the minority give them all a bad name
• You know that your work is worthwhile
• You get to accompany school trips to learn really cool stuff
• You discover your own capacity for being positive
• You know that you are capable of working harder than most humans
• You learn about new trends among the youth first-hand - this prevents you seeming like an out-of-touch old fuddy-duddy
• You can get away with wearing fashions that are older than your students - no-one expects teachers to be stylish!