I'm Not a Teacher Anymore

When i was a lot younger with no children of my own, i managed to pull off teaching middle school language arts well enough. Once i had kids, things changed. Gone were the after school hours to plan lessons and grade papers. gone was the ability to tolerate a staff meeting that ran over an extra 15 minutes. I am not a teacher any more because i know i couldn't handle it if i tried. But back then, we had no idea how bad it was going to get.