Only Teachers Know

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Across
  1. 5. The daily marathon of matching kids to buses, cars, and chaos.
  2. 8. Fifty pages long, but the sub still writes, “We didn’t get to it.”
  3. 10. Where you staple 97 times and still have wrinkles.
  4. 12. The pen that bleeds through everything but still reigns supreme.
  5. 14. Crayons that survive a war, unlike their sad waxy cousins.
  6. 15. Shiny paper maker
  7. 16. An educational outing plus 472 bathroom breaks.
  8. 18. The kids’ favorite subject.
  9. 19. The one time of day kids actually hush in unison.
Down
  1. 1. Magical surface where dry erase markers mysteriously disappear daily.
  2. 2. Machine that jams only when you’re running late for class (or is out of order)
  3. 3. Endless tests that make you question your career choices.
  4. 4. The only markers that matter; vanish faster than your prep period.
  5. 6. The Bermuda Triangle of sweatshirts and lunchboxes.
  6. 7. A loud event that's always planned, but everyone forgets that it's happening.
  7. 8. Book orders that make you broke but your library rich.
  8. 9. Item students claim is “empty” after two swipes.
  9. 11. The “Ferrari” of pencils — students steal them, guards hoard them, teachers dream in green.
  10. 13. Fidget tool that always ends up in someone’s hair or stuck to their clothes.
  11. 17. Necklace for your ID, keys, whistle, sanitizer, and… dignity.