The show must go on...

Today I referred to my class as the "audience".  I made a lame joke and then said "tough crowd".  Later I said "I'm feeling under-appreciated by the audience today".  Then, as they were almost allowing themselves to be amused, I said "It's so much better for my self esteem to tell myself in the morning to get ready for the show rather than to say 'Oh, yeah - I'm a high school teacher'.

Why did this take me so long?

Better late than never!