42 Ways You Know You're a Qkids Teacher

- November 20, 2019

My name is Rebecca Frostad, and I am a 36-year-old married mother of one precocious near-2-year-old. I just immigrated to Canada, where my husband is from, and we have settled in the expansive prairies. I have been teaching with Qkids for a year and a half, and it has been an exciting and growing experience. I hope that my posts will be something that readers can find amusing, enlightening, and relatable. Enjoy!

You Know You're a Qkids Teacher When...

… you get overly excited about being able to sleep in until 7 am on your days off
… you get all of your best work stuff from Amazon, Etsy, or the Dollar Tree/Dollar Store
… your kids' toys double as props
… you have kids toys but no kids
… someone says, “Hello, how are you?” and you get the song stuck in your head for the rest of the day
… you find yourself doing TPR in everyday life-- and sometimes at adults
… your face has hurt from smiling so much
… you say the letter sound three times to correct a child's pronunciation in real life (“b-b-b-brother”)
… you agonize over which headset to get-- the $30 Walmart special or the $80+ one that gamers use
… you agonize over the one red tag in an overwhelming sea of green tags
… you have taught a whole class of foreheads
… you have taught a whole class of ceilings
… you have taught a whole class of Elsas
… you can look at what (to others) appears to be a jumble of letters and still decipher a name
… you know characters from kids shows on sight but you don't have kids
… you try to use the highlight tool outside of the platform and are disappointed when you end up selecting things instead
… you find yourself trying to reward people diamonds in real life
… you go to work in your pajamas
… you go to work in pajamas and lipstick
… you take the quiz because you want to know if you are more Koby or Momo
… you may or may not have secretly shipped Koby and Momo
… you have wanted to help Wade Wolf make friends
… you have felt for Koby's mom. #relatable #momlife
… you feel for Bill Bunny's overwhelmed teachers
… you hope the science lessons return so Noah and Ruby (and the rest of us!) can find the next Space Stone
… the standby conversion chime has made you almost jump out of your skin
… you have become overly nervous and suspicious when a standby DOESN'T convert
… you have a class of four-year-olds right after a class of ten-year-olds, and it doesn't phase you
… you know three-year-olds in China with better English than some American or Canadian adults
… you looked up recipes for Mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival
… you tried to learn Mandarin for "Happy New Year" for Chinese New Year
… you have considered learning Mandarin
… you have realized how crazy you must look to anyone NOT in the class
… you have realized how crazy you must look to YOUR CLASS
… you have told someone to “click-click” on something in real life
… you have a network of people you've never met that you go to regularly for work advice
… you have felt the nervous excitement of teaching a lesson you've never taught before as a standby
… you have had vivid nightmares about oversleeping and missing your classes
… you have three or more alarms set to make sure you don't oversleep
… your body (or your kids) won't let you sleep in on your days off anyway
… you have pretended to eat the stickers to entertain your Qkiddos
… you have had a magical class that you wish you could teach forever