Some mugs hold coffee. Smug Mugs hold opinions.
A handmade ceramic Teacher Edition Smug Mug for anyone who has ever started Monday thinking, Right. Just get through this week, only to realise they have somehow been saying the exact same thing since 2007.
Hand-carved with “Teaching is saying, ‘I just need to get through this week’, until you retire!”, this Smug Mug features Whistle & Page’s signature raw clay text panel against a hand-glazed ceramic body. Handmade in Murrumbateman, NSW, it is a lovingly sarcastic tribute to the eternal teacher survival strategy: make it to Friday, then reassess.
Because teaching has a remarkable ability to turn “I just need to get through this week” into a lifelong career philosophy.
You say it before reports are due. Before parent-teacher interviews. Before excursions. Before the end of term. Before the beginning of term. Before the staff meeting that absolutely could have been an email. Then Friday arrives, and you think, Well, I survived that. Only approximately 47 more weeks to go.
And yet, somewhere between the chaos, the marking, the emails, the questions, the laughter and the children who somehow lose the same pencil six times in one day, you keep showing up.
This mug is for the teacher who knows that sometimes you don't need a five-year plan. You just need coffee and a slightly more achievable goal: make it to Friday.
Approx. 360ml
Approx. 9.0cm (H) × 9.0cm (W)
Hand-carved phrase
Signature raw clay text panel
Hand-glazed ceramic body
Handmade in Murrumbateman, NSW
Individually finished and sanded on the base
A generous mug for the caffeine required to make it to Friday
A painfully relatable gift for teachers who have perfected the weekly survival strategy
A funny reminder that sometimes getting through the week is achievement enough
Handmade character with considerably more personality than ordinary staffroom crockery
Perfect for coffee, tea and staring into the middle distance while mentally counting down to retirement
Some mugs hold coffee. Smug Mugs hold opinions.
A handmade ceramic Teacher Edition Smug Mug for anyone who has ever started Monday thinking, Right. Just get through this week, only to realise they have somehow been saying the exact same thing since 2007.
Hand-carved with “Teaching is saying, ‘I just need to get through this week’, until you retire!”, this Smug Mug features Whistle & Page’s signature raw clay text panel against a hand-glazed ceramic body. Handmade in Murrumbateman, NSW, it is a lovingly sarcastic tribute to the eternal teacher survival strategy: make it to Friday, then reassess.
Because teaching has a remarkable ability to turn “I just need to get through this week” into a lifelong career philosophy.
You say it before reports are due. Before parent-teacher interviews. Before excursions. Before the end of term. Before the beginning of term. Before the staff meeting that absolutely could have been an email. Then Friday arrives, and you think, Well, I survived that. Only approximately 47 more weeks to go.
And yet, somewhere between the chaos, the marking, the emails, the questions, the laughter and the children who somehow lose the same pencil six times in one day, you keep showing up.
This mug is for the teacher who knows that sometimes you don't need a five-year plan. You just need coffee and a slightly more achievable goal: make it to Friday.
Approx. 360ml
Approx. 9.0cm (H) × 9.0cm (W)
Hand-carved phrase
Signature raw clay text panel
Hand-glazed ceramic body
Handmade in Murrumbateman, NSW
Individually finished and sanded on the base
A generous mug for the caffeine required to make it to Friday
A painfully relatable gift for teachers who have perfected the weekly survival strategy
A funny reminder that sometimes getting through the week is achievement enough
Handmade character with considerably more personality than ordinary staffroom crockery
Perfect for coffee, tea and staring into the middle distance while mentally counting down to retirement
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