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Just 18 GIFs That Sum up My First Year as a Teacher

Hair included.

My First Year as a Teacher Told in GIFs
By Kelly Treleaven
Jun 4, 2018

When it comes to my first year as a teacher, I’m left a little speechless. Good thing there are GIFs to do express how I feel.

Me, unaccustomed to dealing with so many tween-age feelings:

Gif of a woman saying "Don't be cry" -- first year as a teacher

Upon realizing that my school didn’t have money for books, resources, or counselors:

Gif of a doctor sighing and saying "but why?" -- first year as a teacher

My entire classroom management “plan”:

Gif of a man saying "Can you please like me?"

Any errands after school:

Gif of a woman falling to the floor in a grocery store -- first year as a teacher

Pretending that I knew what I was doing:

Gif from "Parks and Rec" of a woman pretending to type on a computer.

To my students misbehaving while I was being observed:

Gif from "The Office" of Micheal Scott saying "I'll kill you." -- first year as a teacher

Remembering when faculty meetings were happening:

Gif of a man saying "Oh, it's happening right now" --first year as a teacher

I did a lot of this:

Gif of a man crying and spilling wine on his shirt-- first year as a teacher

And this:

Gif of an older woman crying in her bed.

Until I got to this point:

Gif of a woman saying "No, can't cry, I have nothing in me" -- first year as a teacher

My version of behavior redirection:

Gif of a woman sadly saying "No, thank you, please." -- first year as a teacher

My quickly developing attitude toward school supplies I had to buy/replenish myself:

Gif of a woman "I will take what is mine with fire and blood." -- first year as a teacher

Every day. Hair included.

Gif of a woman saying "god grant me the caffeine to get through this day!" -- first year as a teacher

Watching my friends feel secure about their financial futures:

Gif of a man sadly looking through a window from his house. -- first year as a teacher

Working for hours on a lesson plan I was sure would delight my students:

Gif of a little girl angrily staring forward as a dressed-up Snow White actor attempts to make her smile -- first year as a teacher

Reading my first thank-you letter:

Gif of Adele accepting an award.

At my students’ basketball games/award ceremonies/8th grade graduation:

Gif of a man smiling while recording a video on his phone -- first year as a teacher

And yet, despite the parts of teaching that left me curled up on the floor on the grocery store of my life, thinking about the next school year:

Gif of a woman waving her hands in agreement.

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My First Year as a Teacher Told in GIFs