When are they making that teacher reality show again?

I would love to sign up, if they ever really have one.  I always hear "rumors" on the internet about teacher reality shows.  It occurs to me, that they are all written in jest, as no one would actually make a reality show about teaching.

Here's how I know it would never make it past the pilot.  This week, I spent a professional development day in another classroom.  It was hella boring.  I was yawning.  I was trying to take notes.  I was yawning some more.  This was a great teacher, with interesting lessons and even some excitement (a finger slammed in the door!)  The kids were sweet and adorable, and they even sung a cute song that I had in my head all evening.  However, it was still boring as fuck.

Somehow, when you're the one teaching the lesson, managing the owies, and singing the songs, it flies by quickly and suddenly you're at lunch, slumped over a stale cup of coffee and trying to get into the bathroom before that one teacher who stinks it up every lunch period.

Now, if there ever was a reality show, I think it should be like WifeSwap.  A business professional with children would switch jobs for a week with a teacher.  The reason that business professional must have children, is because generally people with children think they know how to teach.  It's more entertaining to see someone proven wrong than watch them simply fumble about.

So, on day 1, the teacher gets placed in the nice little business office.  She has to do all the things business people do.  File, answer emails, create forms, fill in forms, look stuff up online, make phone calls, answer phone calls, keep records.  Should be a snap. We do all that stuff every day.  And, it should feel like a vacation, because the teacher would get a business lunch, time to play online games, and do a little shopping on Amazon.com.

The business person would start day 1 on Monday morning, around 7:00 am, entering a classroom.  The business person would have to follow the first day's lesson plans (we wouldn't be too mean! They'd at least have one day of plans). However, they'd have to make copies, set out materials, gather materials, and be ready for the kids to arrive all before 8:15.  The fun would start when the kids show up.  Will the business person be able to keep them seated, listening, meeting standards, completing work?

Day 2, would be much the same for the teacher, as she continues to answer emails, go shoe shopping during lunch, and work on whatever work a business person does.  For the business person, they would be required to plan 6 hours worth of lesson plans, meanwhile, meeting the state standards and creating material that's just right for the ELL students, the learning disabled students, the low group, the high group, the middle group, and the gifted students.  They would have to a behavior plan in place for the children with behavior problems.

As the week goes on, the stakes get higher... formal observations, a visit from the superintendent's office, a class performance in front of the whole school, integrating technology when the technology is practically all broken, and dealing with the unfortunate experience of having to call CPS, have an emergency parent meeting, and having the class pet die.

The show would conclude with the teacher and the business person meeting one another.  The business person "wins" when they realize that the teacher deserves double her salary!!

I'm reserving all rights to this show.  If anyone wants to produce it, I get a fair share of the royalties!