‘Square dancing’: Former students share the most useless things they learned in school

When it comes down to it, much of the information we learn in school does not pertain to our everyday lives. Sure, maybe the skills I learned in English class are pertinent to my current career, but I’m not thinking about the contents of my Chemistry or Physics classes regularly in my adult life.  To …
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‘We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas’: Kid punches teacher and breaks his glasses, Parents suggest ‘calming banana’ as the solution

Kids misbehave in a multitude of ways. Misbehavior can be chalked up to developmentally normal deviance or it can be indicative of more dangerous behavior to come if it’s not properly dealt with. The key is knowing the difference. When I was a kid, I got in trouble for talking too much in class (I’ll …
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‘Oh you don’t know these? Hmm, it’s like all over TikTok’: Sarcastic teacher gaslights his students with made up Gen Z sounding slang

You know that feeling when you first hear a slang word and think, ‘Wow, this is so stupid, who would say this?’ And as you say the slang in a joking way (no doubt, making fun of the stupidity of it), you find the word working its way into your daily vocabulary… unironically. Oops! For …
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30 Teacher Memes for Educators on the Brink of Spring Break

Teachers, you’re almost there. I know you can catch a whiff of your bright, beautiful week off ahead of you, and it already tastes so good. Sure, much of it will be spent catching up on grading and stewing in the inevitable last leg of the semester, but you don’t need to worry about that …
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‘I have seen students who can’t write a complete sentence’: Teachers share the innumerable ways their students are significantly behind

It’s no secret that many kids are getting left behind in the education system. When I was a kid, America was all about not leaving kids behind in this exact setting (when I was a kid, I thought it was about getting left behind at the grocery store), but now that it’s been 20 years …
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‘I embarrassed his child and labeled her a thief’: Parents reprimand teacher for catching their daughter trying to steal a tablet

Teaching kids how to be good humans is a collaborative effort between their parents, teachers, and all other adults in their lives. It truly does take a village, and if the adults closest to a kid aren’t on the same page regarding standards of behavior, it’s much more challenging to make them into good adults.  …
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30 Teacher Memes To Pass Around The Teacher’s Lounge

There are so many reasons I cannot imagine being a teacher, but one of the main ones is that I’d be completely outnumbered. Even if I taught at a school with a nice and low student-to-teacher ratio, those kids would always be able to overpower me if they decided to lay siege on my person. …
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‘Whatever you say, miss’: Teacher sends student to principal’s office due to bathroom breaks that were ‘too short’, student complies by taking 30-minute bathroom breaks instead

Remember those times when you were a teenager and would talk to adult relatives and they would tell you «Appreciate this time of your life, I would do anything to go back to it», and you constantly think to yourself, what is so great about being in high school? Well, now as an adult, I …
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‘This is dystopian’: Teacher gets reprimanded for ‘liking’ Snow Day social media announcement, gets accused of being excited to not work

There are some employers you just can’t win with. It’s not enough to do your job enthusiastically when you’re there, you also have to perform total devotion to the art and science of working hard 24/7. When you’re a teacher, I find that to be especially true. It’s difficult to have any sort of public …
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‘Not even 12 hours notice’: Professor uncancels 8 AM class at 10 PM the night before

In college, there’s nothing worse than getting up early, traversing the freezing cold campus, and arriving at class to find a note taped to the door saying that class was canceled. I could have been sleeping for two more hours, but instead, I had to haul myself to the library because I didn’t want to …
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