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    13 Ways "Real You" And "Teacher You" Are Completely Different

    It happens to us all. As soon as you walk into school, you become a different person. Here are 13 ways that we change from "regular person" to "teacher" when we walk through those classroom doors.

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    by WeAreTeachers

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    1. Real You: Rarely eats sweets and always chooses dark chocolate.

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    Teacher You: Eats mind-boggling-sweet, neon-frosted cupcakes every time a kid has a birthday. Ahem, 28 times a year.

    2. Real You: Can hold your own in a five-star restaurant.

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    Teacher You: Can eat an entire meal in 12 minutes while supervising two tables of fourth graders.

    3. Real You: Leaves clothes on the floor.

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    Teacher You: Has color-coded containers for different-sized pencils.

    4. Real You: Can hold your own in a conversation about movies, music, culture, art ... you name it.

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    Teacher You: Still singing along to every song from Frozen.

    5. Real You: Packed a lunch of healthy fruits and veggies.

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    Teacher You: Never misses pizza day in the cafeteria.

    6. Real You: Has a sophisticated sense of design and home decor.

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    Teacher You: Spends as much time planning bulletin boards as some people spend designing and building an addition to their home.

    7. Real You: Has a closet full of stylish clothes.

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    Teacher You: Has been known to rock a back-to-school or holiday sweater.

    8. Real You: Skipped the guided tours on that trip to Europe.

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    Teacher You: Spent weeks planning out a minute-by-minute itinerary for a field trip to the science museum.

    9. Real You: Someone that people might call "unassuming."

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    Teacher You: Has a teacher voice and "look" that can calm the rowdiest of students.

    10. Real You: Has a life, friends and an apartment.

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    Teacher You: Lives at school. (Your whole life is housed in your storage cabinet anyway).

    11. Real You: Sticks to a strict budget.

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    Teacher You: Splurges on school supplies (it's a real problem ...).

    12. Real You: Cares who won the Man-Booker Prize last year and reads serious novels.

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    Teacher You: Prefers Hunger Games over Divergent and Wimpy Kid to Captain Underpants.

    13. Real You: Has tons of friends, and they're not all teachers.

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    Teacher You: Has no social life outside of the 10 sixth graders that want to eat lunch with you every day.

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