In this post, I’ll be sharing humorous titles for teacher memoirs.
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I recently finished reading Teacher by Gabbie Stroud. It’s a powerful memoir of one teacher’s journey. It got me thinking about my own teaching journey and so I asked my audience one simple question:
If You Wrote a Book About Your Teaching Journey, What Would the Title Be?
Here are 65 of the most popular responses:
- It’s Your Job To Learn ‘Em
- Things I Never Thought I’d Hear And Do
- Untied Shoes: A Year In Kindergarten
- What Do You Mean You Don’t Know How Your Pee Got In His Hair? And Other Tales From A Second Grade Classroom
- Glitter, Sand And Suspicious Puddles (A Teacher’s Journey In Early Childhood)
- Go Wash Your Hands; We Don’t Put Our Fingers There
- ‘Stop Stealing Tim’s Nuts’ And Other Things I Regret Saying Out Loud
- It’s Not Just Nurses That Deal With Vomit And Sh!t
- Stop Licking The Glue….
- Don’t They Have Parents?
- Only Humor Gets Us Through The Day
- This Awesome Chaotic Life Called Teaching
- Left My Sanity At Home
- The Dog Ate My Sanity
- No. Teachers Don’t Live At The School!
- Fun, Laughter, And Tears… The Life Of A Preschool Teacher
- Children Just Need Someone To Believe In Them…. The Journey
- A Heart Overflowing- An Unforgettable Journey With The Most Memorable Little People
- How To Escape Teaching And Get Your Life Back
- Talk To The Walls, Coz The Kids Ain’t Listening
- Why Is That Wet? And Other Mysteries Of The Infants Classroom
- Winging It And Other Short Stories
- Spinning Plates And Putting Out Fires
- You Can’t Make This Sh!T Up: A Memoir
- How Many Sleeps Until The Holidays?
- She Did Too Much And Never Enough
- Well… That Didn’t Go To Plan
- From Teaching To Nervous Breakdown
- WHAT WAS I THINKING!!
- Just When I Thought I’d Seen It All
- How To Forget You Needed To Pee 4 Hours Ago
- Don’t Make Me Use My Teacher Voice
- Secrets In The Stacks: A Teacher Librarian’s Retelling Of Second Hand Gossip Overheard While Shelving Book Returns
- Going To Work Sick And Other Teacher Luxuries
- Teaching Is Easy And Others Lies They Told You
- What Do You Mean We Don’t Have A Sub?
- Lost Minds And Lost Pencils
- I Can’t, I’m A Teacher
- Middle School And Other Horror Stories
- Cold Coffee … And Other Delights!
- Don’t Lick Your Desk
- The Ups And Downs Of Lessons
- Why I Don’t Need Kids Of My Own
- I Don’t Do It For The Money!
- To Do And What You Forgot To Do – The Tales Of A Tired Teacher
- Don’t Lick The Table And Other Things I Never Thought I’d Say In 8th Grade
- Jack Pooped On His Chair And Henry Is Under The Table Barking. A Day In The Life Of A Kindergarten Teacher
- Lessons Life Taught Me When I Was A Teacher Myself
- That’s Your Verbal Warning
- Plan All You Want (But It’s Not Actually Gonna Go Down Like That)
- “Why Would You Punch Each Other’s Penises?!”: Legendary Tales From Primary School Teaching
- How To Really Hate Loving Your Job While Really Loving To Hate Your Job
- Keep Calm And Pretend It’s On The Lesson Plan
- ‘It’s Not Just Coloring In’ – The Eternal Anguish Of An Art Teacher
- Why Does It Always Stink In Here? Self-Awareness For The 5th Graders In Your Life
- What Children Tell Teachers About Their Parents
- ‘Hostage Negotiation’ And Other Random Skills I Learnt As A Primary Teacher
- The Kids Are Great! (It’s The Parents You Have To Watch For)
- It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
- Adventures In Taming Tiny Humans
- Please Don’t Chew On Your Chair
- My Life As A Lesson Plan
- Parent Wars: How To Still Care About Teaching When Parents Think You Don’t
- Please Don’t Lick Your Friends – Life Lessons From A Pre-K Classroom
- “Get The Chickens Out Of Your Pants” And Other Out Of Context Statements
Got a different title that sums up your teaching journey? Leave a comment below to let me know!
