10 SIGNS YOU MIGHT HAVE A CLASSROOM FULL OF DESK POTATOES!

10 SIGNS YOU MIGHT HAVE A CLASSROOM FULL OF INCURIOUS DESK POTATOES! IS COMMON CORE AND MASS TESTING CREATING MORE INCURIOUS DESK POTATOES? 

SIGNS YOUR STUDENTS MAY BE DEVELOPING DESK POTATO SYNDROME! 

1. YOU REPEAT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS 5 TIMES AND 5 WAYS, YET 5  STUDENTS STILL ASK WHAT TO DO THE SECOND YOU ASK THEM TO GET STARTED
2. THE ONLY THING IN THE CLASS WITH A STUDENT'S NAME ON IT IS..... NOTHING  
3. YOUR CLASS PET PAYS MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR MATH LESSONS THAN YOUR STUDENTS DO
4. YOUR STUDENTS THINK HOMEWORK IS SOMETHING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO COPY OFF OF A FRIEND BEFORE SCHOOL
5. YOUR STUDENTS ARE MORE CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR FINGERNAILS THAN WHAT IS ON THE CHALKBOARD
6. YOUR STUDENTS ONLY QUESTIONS AFTER YOUR AMAZING HISTORY LESSON IS, "WHEN IS LUNCH?"
7. DURING STUDY HALL AND SSR YOUR STUDENTS LOOK LIKE THE CAST OF A GEORGE A. ROMERO FILM
8. YOUR STUDENTS COMMUNICATE REQUESTS BY POINTING, GRUNTING, OR MUMBLING
9. YOUR SIXTH GRADE CLASS IS NOT SMARTER THAN A 2ND GRADER
10. PUTT PUTT GOLF PENCILS ARE SHARPER THAN YOUR STUDENTS
11. YOUR CAT IS BETTER AT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS THAN YOUR STUDENTS
12. YOUR STUDENTS THINK SCHOOL WORK IS A SPECTATORS SPORT
13. YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS THINK SCHOOL IS FREE DAYCARE AND BABYSITTING
14. EVERY TIME YOU CALL A PARENT, YOU THINK, "THE POTATO DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE!" 
15. WE ARE AT RISK OF CREATING A GENERATION OF HELPLESS, OPT-OUT DEADENDERS, TESTING DRONES, MORE AND MORE CHILDREN WITH ADD/ADHD, AND WE THE TEACHERS NEED TO REVOLT AGAINST GENERATIONAL FAILURE, STOP TURNING STUDENTS INTO MINDLESS INCURIOUS DESK POTATOES!