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.
