Education majors don't have it easy as everyone assumes. We have struggles just like every other major.

1. Having early morning classes

And your growing love affair with coffee.

2. Lesson plans on lesson plans

They may sound easy, but you know you spend hours on each one. Bonus points if each of your professors want your lessons in different formats.

3. Spending your own money on lesson materials

I do not have enough monies for this.

4. Thinking that you can make your materials like the ones on Pinterest

5. ...And quickly realizing that you've made a terrible mistake

It's the thought that counts, right?

6. Going to observations and having to learn all your kid's names

You have 85 kids names to learn. Right now. Ready? Too bad.

7. Trying to find standards to match your lessons

Why can't I just make up my own standards?

8. The answer to everything MUST be "differentiated instruction"

How can we close the achievement gap? Differentiated instruction. 2 + 2? Differentiated instruction.

9. You spend hours looking up activities on Pinterest

Actually, your whole Pinterest has been taken over by teaching ideas.

10. When you have to know 28 ways to explain addition

"What do you mean 'you don't get it'?!"

11. "Teachers don't make much money"

Yes, we are all WELL aware. Perhaps we aren't doing it for the money. Shocking, I know.

12. Having to be videotaped while teaching your lessons

It's fine. I just have to pick out a whole new outfit and practice my scripting 573 more times and then maybe I might be ready. Probably not though.

13. ...And then needing a bottle of wine immediately after watching it

"Oh sweet baby Jesus, please tell me I don't really look like that".

14. Most of your "going out" clothes look like "teacher clothes"

Whoops, sorry guys.

15. "At least you have an easy major"

Yeah.....try again. We may not be a PreLaw major, but you get the point. We aren't in it for the glory, but for the passion of shaping young lives.