We all went to school with some know-it-all kids who thought they were smarter than everyone there, including the teacher. I have empathy for kids who are genuinely advanced and don’t have the opportunity to take AP classes or other challenging coursework. If a kid is actually extremely bored and unchallenged by school, it can …
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‘Nikolas, if you’d like to teach the class, let me know. Otherwise, I’m going to need you to stop interrupting every 5 minutes’: 22-year-old student constantly interrupts his professor’s lectures, complains to the department when she finally calls him out
If you’ve ever taken a humanities class in college, you know That Guy. That Guy could be any person of any gender, but one thing is very clear: they are incredibly annoying. They always think that their opinion is of the utmost importance, chiming in whenever they can about anything that comes to mind. It …
Seguir leyendo ‘Nikolas, if you’d like to teach the class, let me know. Otherwise, I’m going to need you to stop interrupting every 5 minutes’: 22-year-old student constantly interrupts his professor’s lectures, complains to the department when she finally calls him out
17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: ‘I started full on yelling at this lady’
Remember when you were a kid and coming into school with a substitute teacher was either the best day ever or the worst? There was no middle ground. On the one hand, you could score the perfect sub who’d pop in a movie and let the class zone out all day. On the other hand, …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: ‘I started full on yelling at this lady’
16-year-old gives candy to the 3 students who were listening to her in-class presentation, gets harassed for candy by the kids who were on their phones the whole time: ‘The teacher told us we could give out candy’
There’s something so uniquely humiliating about giving a class presentation in high school. If you’re underprepared, you look like an idiot and get a lousy grade. If you’re overprepared, you seem like a high-strung overachiever. You have to strike this perfect balance of being both knowledgeable and unattached to the material, which is incredibly difficult …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old gives candy to the 3 students who were listening to her in-class presentation, gets harassed for candy by the kids who were on their phones the whole time: ‘The teacher told us we could give out candy’
8-year-old student with anger issues destroys his 3rd grade classroom, teacher takes rest of the class into the hallway and lets him reek havoc without consequences: ‘Are schools not allowed to punish bad students anymore?’
The rulebook for disciplining kids in the classroom has been thrown out the window. Nobody wants to return to the days of Paddlin’ Peggy Hill for good reasons, but there has to be a compromise between spanking students for misbehavior and just letting it happen without consequence. Even the concept of an afterschool or lunchtime …
Seguir leyendo 8-year-old student with anger issues destroys his 3rd grade classroom, teacher takes rest of the class into the hallway and lets him reek havoc without consequences: ‘Are schools not allowed to punish bad students anymore?’
25+ Memes for the Bilingual Struggle
English is all fun and games until you’re faced with to, too, and two. Or all the different uses of «was.» Or the endless homographs like bass and bass and wind and wind and wound and wound. To say nothing of the homophones. Or the myriad exceptions to the myriad rules. English is not easy, …
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Phone-Obsessed Student Would Rather Let Their Phone Dwindle to 0% Before Letting it Charge Across the Room
Teachers have seen it all. Like warriors returned from battle, they have flashbacks of classroom insanity, ungraded papers, and dreaded detention slip deliveries gone wrong. Although there are many shining moments of student pride and genuine happiness in class, teachers often deal with more BS than they’re given credit for. In the age of cell …
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33 A+ Teacher Memes for Educators Hanging by a Thread Until Summer
If you didn’t realize already, your kid’s teachers are already imagining themselves reading by the pool with a big hat, sunglasses, and a margarita, while your child’s ungraded final project sits on their desk. Summer may seem like it’s just around the corner, but teachers have been counting down the days until we’re free of …
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23 Memes for Teachers Barely Holding It Together Until Summer Break
My mom is an elementary school teacher, and I grew up hearing the craziest stories about students in school. From the most bizarre student names you’ve ever heard to the silliest questions asked in class to the wildest recess debacles, there was never a dull moment in my mom’s teaching career. As a teacher, your …
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29 Memes for Teachers Counting Down the Lesson Plans Until Summer Break
Attention, teachers! You have made it through the chaos of the first week of classes, the holiday rush, and spring break. Now, the countdown to summer has begun. You’re almost there, so keep your spirits up! The weather is getting warmer, recess is getting longer, and lesson plans are getting easier. The end of the …
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