The Hardest Part Of The Job Isn't The Science, It's Keeping A Straight Face

The eternal struggle of every astronomy teacher - mentally preparing to pronounce "Uranus" with a straight face while knowing full well that a classroom of 14-year-olds is about to erupt into barely-contained snickers. It's the cosmic irony of teaching planetary science: you can explain gas giants, ring systems, and axial tilts with perfect composure, but the moment you have to say "the seventh planet from the sun" by name... well, let's just say no amount of PhD training prepares you for that particular test of professionalism. Some teachers try the alternate pronunciation "YOOR-uh-nus" as a defense mechanism, but the teenagers always know what you're doing. They always know.