Quiz: Am I A Teacher Or A Death Doula?
2 min readOct 11, 2021
Is this a high school or hospital?
- Blank stares. Nothing but blank stares when I tell a joke.
- Sometimes I’ll stare back and say, “Is this thing on?”
- I learned early to never, ever begin a group discussion by asking, “Are you guys hungover or dead?”
- I talk to people every day who’d rather be watching Netflix.
- If I’m walking down a long, empty hallway and no one is around, I will fight the urge to run like the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And the urge will win.
- Required homework assignments are often ignored.
- Cafeteria cooks regularly invent new food groups.
- When I hear U2 rather than Perry Como in the lounge, I stop and believe I’m in the wrong place. Every time.
- My colleagues and I are up to here with emotional loved ones blaming the government.
- Everyone is looking at their phones when I need their attention.
- Most wait until the last minute to study for finals.
- I am usually caught off guard when someone asks for a moment of silence to pray.
- No one cares what I’m wearing unless it’s a Talking Heads t-shirt. Then everyone has an opinion.