Teacher Appreciation Week is upon us, and just in time, as Spring fever has begun to bloom (in both students and teachers!). To celebrate with you I’ve selected the following videos to inspire and entertain; some will make you laugh, some will make you cry–just like teaching. Pass them along as you see fit.
Mr. Holland’s Last Day at School – Make sure you have a tissue handy
A Song for Teachers: You Have Made a Difference
Thank a Teacher
Goofy: Teachers Are People Too
I Love My Teacher
The Teacher Retirement Song – Lyrics reproduced below the video
Tears and fears and feeling small
The torture starts up every fall:
The awful things that I’ve been called
In classrooms every day.
The fire alarm could wake the dead
Water fountains spewing lead
While ceiling tiles fall on my head
I’ve thought of school that way
I’ve looked at school from both sides now
I think this year I’ll take a bow
From head to toe I’m stiff and sore
I really can’t take school anymore
The hungry sixth-grade mind inquires
By seventh, they’re accomplished liars
By eighth, they just might slash your tires
I’ve looked at kids that way
Some will start fights in the halls
Others hide in bathroom stalls
But won’t leave your room when nature calls
They’re all special in their way
I’ve looked at kids from both sides now
From short and tall
And I must avow
At least at my age, I can’t recall
The majority of them at all
Long vacations, decent pay,
A seven-hour working day,
Inservice naps and fog delays;
Some see this job that way
So now my colleagues think I’m strange.
They can’t believe I need a change.
But if you ask me, they’re all deranged
For coming back each day.
I’ve looked at work from both sides now
From rich and poor and still somehow
I’ve no illusions left at all.
I really won’t miss work at all.