YOU might be an Ag Teacher

In the early 90's, southern comedian and redneck enthusiast Jeff Foxworthy popularized the saying, "You might be a redneck...." Since then, we have learned the many tell-tale signs that indicate that we too might be rednecks, including (but not limited to):

• You ever cut your grass and found a car.
• There are more than five McDonald's bags in your car.
• You think a subdivision is part of a math problem.
• Someone asks to see your ID and you show them your belt buckle.
• You consider a good tan to be the back of of your neck and the left arm below the shirt sleeve.

I could go on, but I digress. My point here is, there are some tell-tale signs for all of us that allude to our quirks, our habits, our lifestyles, and our jobs. And the Agriculture Teacher is not excluded from having such identifying characteristics. Observe.

YOU might be an Ag Teacher if...

• You use the botanical name of a plant to try to guess a correct answer on the game "Draw Something."
• Your students think you are a livestock sex-ed teacher.
• There is potting soil stuck between the keys on your keyboard.
• You teach mathematical concepts that cause students to exclaim, "Wow! I might actually use this one day!"
• You are busier in the summer than you are during the school year.
• Your students mimic secret service agents and give you the code name "Gray Owl" while touring Washington, D.C.
• A student cries in your classroom on the first day of school because she just learned her leather Coach bag is made of a moo-cow.
• You give your family members Florida Farm Bureau fruit for Christmas.
• You get antsy in workshops and meetings if you aren't doing hands on activities.
• Your officers expect you to end all your text messages to them with the words "and a goat."
• You recite the FFA Creed in the shower every so often so your can show your students just how EASY it is.
• You love seeing kids in that beautiful blue corduroy (and you're secretly a little sad you don't get to wear that 1933 fashion statement anymore.)
• In-Service meetings, conferences, and conventions are like college class reunions.

Any of this sound familiar to anyone? Maybe it's just me :-P

Have any of your own? Share!