Does it seem like people are getting “Grinchier” the closer we get to the holidays?
This time of year can be particularly stressful for teachers who have to juggle their own holiday preparations at home in addition to school responsibilities such as holiday concerts, projects, report cards, assessments, and those dreaded holiday parties.
Find out if you’re a teacher Grinch by taking the quiz below.
You might be a teacher Grinch if…
- You complain about your students in the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You complain about parents in the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You complain about the principal in the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You complain about your co-workers in the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You complain about the gifts you receive from your students (5 points)
- You make your students work on the last day of school before vacation (5 points)
- You hoard holiday goodies from the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You re-gift presents you receive from your students to your co-workers or family (5 points)
- You steal food from the refrigerator in the teacher’s lounge (5 points)
- You steal decorations from the teacher’s lounge to put in your house. (5 points)
- You send a note home to the parents listing your favorite gifts from the most expensive store in town (10 points)
- You bring store bought cookies to the staff cookie exchange (10 points)
- You bring a fruitcake to the staff holiday party (10 points)
- You give your students jerky at the class party and tell them it’s Rudolph (10 points)
- You have your students write letters to Santa and return them marked “undeliverable” (10 points)
Evaluate your score using the following “Grinch Scale”:
1-20: You really are a heel
21-50: You’re as cuddly as a cactus
51-75: You’re a nasty, wasty skunk!
76-100: The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: “Stink! Stank! Stunk!”
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