Teaching place values is a common theme for elementary schools. I feel like the same concept can be applied to teaching. From the millions to the thousandths, we’ve got it all covered. If not, well hopefully the calculators work.

100 Million:

The number of times you hear your name in a year.

10 Million:

The number of times you have whispered WTF to yourself in class.

1 Million:

The number of papers you have graded that included no name, incomplete answers, and mysterious stains.

100 Thousand:

The number of emails you have deleted throughout the year.

10 Thousand:

Times you have repeated the directions to your class.

1 Thousand:

The number of meetings that could have been an email you deleted.

100:

The number of clones you need of yourself to get everything done.

10:

The total number of bathroom breaks you get all year.

1:

The time of day the coffee wears off and you start to get delirious.

.1:

The average number of hours you go without saying “Stop that!”

.01:

The total amount of minutes in the day you have without interruptions.

.001:

The number of times the politicians making rules for your classroom have ever seen a classroom in their life.

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