#teacherlife Embodies What It’s Like to Be A Teacher in 2018

Maybe it’s the emergence of spring. Maybe it’s that the finish line seems within arm’s length, yet wholly out of reach. But this month, the hashtag #teacherlife has had a huge uptick in the Twittersphere, showing the world the all-too-real tragic comedy of being a facilitator of learning in our modern-day public school systems. Some of them are just funny; some of them will make you laugh just to avoid crying. Check out some of our favorites below:

1. I mean, we can TRY to run...

2. 57%...58%...Almost therrrrrrrrre...

#teacherlife at the end of the semester be like pic.twitter.com/D8QAfBVnMW — Burned Out (@noschool4me) April 30, 2018

3. They say patience is a virtue.

Different times, my friend, different times. pic.twitter.com/NTAOPFbXY4 — Bored Teachers (@Bored_Teachers) May 1, 2018

4. This is fine. Everything is fine.

5. Just...don't...move anything...ever.

How many of you have had to say, “no flossing in line”? It’s the dab all over again. #JustStop #TeacherLife pic.twitter.com/FC8YuRKdA2 — Teacher Life (@teachermemoirs) April 30, 2018

6. NEVER take a day off.

I come in after my sick day and the desks are a mess, books are thrown everywhere, and a half eaten sandwich is shoved in the radiator. I'm going to assume the boys taped the sub to the chair or something. :-/#teacherlife #teenagers #teacherproblems #SickDay — Miss What (@TeacherTalk2015) April 27, 2018

7. "Why do we have to DO stuff?!"

When your whole class is on task and that one kid be like... #teacherlife pic.twitter.com/WhQ6uxhpx2 — #teachergoals (@teachergoals) April 27, 2018

8. Coffee will fix it. All of the coffee.

9. How is this lit day, fellow students?!

10. If you'll watch mine.

11. Billy didn't care about you.

Spider: *scuttles out of window*

Me: *panics* oh geez oh god uh uh uh get me a paper towel NOW

Spider: ?!

Me: *smash*

Students: Did you kill Billy?

Me: ???

Students: YOU KILLED BILLY YOU MONSTER #TeacherLife — Renegade Librarian (@Clairellyn) April 27, 2018

12. When eyes are on you, eight hours a day...

13. Bad news: we're out of paper and toner!

14. ET needs to go back home.

15. What is "sunshine" like?

When others are enjoying their Sunday while all you can think about is the grading, planning, and other things you need to do #teacherlife pic.twitter.com/3mXbP9hcea — #teachergoals (@teachergoals) April 22, 2018

Written and compiled by Keith Lambert, Education World Associate Contributing Editor

Lambert is an English / Language Arts teacher in Connecticut.