Middle school language teacher faces insult from annoying 8th grade student, gets revenge by making him teach the class: ‘I turned to the class and told them [to] make it realistic’

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t envy my teachers when I was at school. Even as a teenager, I could tell that most of them were overworked, underpaid, and forced to deal with often ungrateful children all day. It’s fair to say it was never a profession that appealed to me. We’ve got …
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Principal bans teachers from showing movies during the last week of school: ‘There’s 7 days left. Who does she think she’s kidding?’

The last two weeks of school are always the best. If you’re too old to remember what it was like, let me refresh your memory. Once the exams are done and the grades are closed, students get a lot of time to screw around. That either takes the form of going on a ton of …
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25+ Teacher Memes For Exhausted Educators Celebrating Summer Break

Teachers, it’s finally that time of the year. It’s the time that everyone always negs you about. It’s the time that office workers who get paid twice what you get paid and do half as much work tell you you should be grateful for…it’s summer break. If the 2023-2024 school year was difficult for you, …
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‘I’m a surgeon, I don’t have time for you’: Teachers Share Stories About Parents Who Need a Lesson in Parenting

Teachers deserve better pay, more respect than they’re given, and honestly, a gold medal per kid that’s learning in their class. One teacher took to r/teachers and shared a story that bothered them, asking fellow educators to share examples of parents being ‘too busy’ or ‘too successful’ to pay attention to their kids. The teacher …
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25+ Teacher Memes For Exhausted Educators Ready For Field Trip Season

Congratulations, teachers! You’ve finally reached the end of the school year, and all of the chaos, madness and confusion that comes with it. Sure, the unique madness of state exams are mostly over and done with, but you still have final exams creeping around the corner. If you’re a K-8 teacher, you probably have no …
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The Best Heartwarmingly Wholesome Memes and Posts of the Week (April 18, 2024)

What does it mean for something to be wholesome? Some would suggest that the fact that this category exists at all is a measure of something being very wrong elsewhere, but others would argue that we shouldn’t think so hard and just enjoy anything that puts a guilt-free smile on our faces. The fact of …
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Homeschool mom asks niece to teach illiterate 9-year-old daughter who can’t add single digit numbers: ‘I don’t think 4 hours once a week is enough at all’

One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
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High School Teachers Go Viral for Sharing ‘Mean Things’ Their Gen Z Students Have Actually Said to Them

«A kid looked me de@d in the eyes and said, ‘It makes sense why you’re not married.’…» 

‘They swiftly came to his defense’: Teachers Discuss Wholesome Trends Seen Among Gen Z Students in Heartwarming Thread

Everyone loves to hate on Gen Z. ‘They’re always on their phones. They don’t pay attention. They have no work ethic!’ are just some of the things I hear. Say what you will about Gen Z, but they have the courage that many of us could only dream of having. They embrace diversity, inclusivity, and …
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Mom fights back after substitute teacher claims 8-year-old’s top is ‘inappropriate’: ‘Oh no, you see collarbones. Go seek help’

Almost every female student who has been through the US public school system has faced the wrath of the dreaded dress code at some point in their education. While it is important to maintain some level of propriety in the classroom, since when do spaghetti straps make it so difficult for everyone to learn? Often, …
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