So losing my voice has lost it's appeal. It's rather difficult to communicate when someone is pushing chairs into the way of the piano you're pushing and you can't warn them to stop.

And when a nervy English teacher actually says tick tock tick tock as you make copies of the test you're giving next period at the onlyoperating machine, you can't reply, "Hey, I lost my conference to PSAT proctoring and have 4 preps... what's your excuse?"

Not to mention students who seem to think you're faking it.

I wish.