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First-year teacher lands last-minute job as an NYC elementary school gym teacher one month before the new semester, instantly regrets it: ‘I'm responsible for 2 classes in the gym at once, including 2 special education classes together…’

Elna McHilderson

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Back-to-school routine ends in panic after dad leaves 7-year-old son home alone for 3 hours, then blames his wife for not reminding him about drop-off: 'Dad just left me!'

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Teachers manage to beat the system when district admin tries to install a time clock and control their work hours til the last minute

Giuliana Tiscioni

Returning from vacation: realness and tips You did it; you disappeared for a week. You slept like a baby every day, enjoyed the sun, and reached peak overall health and happiness. The action of hopping on a quick online meeting sounds like a distant, dystopian memory, and you forgot what the word ‘deadline’ even means.

‘Returning from a vacation. What are your recovery tips?’: Recommendations on how to recover from vacation and carry that holiday relaxation into everyday life

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'We don't get paid enoigh for this': Teacher stories of unhinged students bringing in weird and unexpected school materials

Giuliana Tiscioni

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This teacher worked as an adult educator under their supervisor for a year. They became increasingly frustrated with their supervisor's repeated criticism of their attempts to improve lesson plans. This improvement included migrating the teaching materials to a new platform. But their supervisor insisted on using the outdated platform.

6-year-veteran teacher adapts lesson plans for their students' benefit, quits when a supervisor reprimands them for it in front of the entire 60-student class: 'My boss then starts berating me and saying the students aren't appreciative of what we do'

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Concerned mother refuses to financially support her daughter's acting aspirations in Los Angeles for a year, despite paying for her other children's college expenses: ‘We agreed to support our kids through college’

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Coworker convinces clueless new boss to give her a fellow teacher's job because it pays $1.5k more, can't handle it: 'She's getting my 1.5K stipend now, but I no longer have to deal with extra meetings, extra parent phone calls, miscommunication, etc.'

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Slacker student gets his when he is exposed for his non-participation in group project, professor is in on the plan

Straight-A student conspires with professor and group mate to expose slacker student's non-participation in major group project: ‘[This] is going to be fun’

'You are a real pain on Fridays!': 20+ messy teacher moments for the back-to-school season

'You are a real pain on Fridays!': 20+ messy teacher moments for the back-to-school season

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'I've been awake for 38 seconds and this is already the worst day of my life': 30 Back to School Memes for Teachers Already Dreading Summer's End

Jesse Kessenheimer

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School Admin insists on name-based email address policy, teacher gets unfortunately inappropriate email upsetting parents: 'I went ahead and followed orders'

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Kid breaks his phone at school rather than letting it be confiscated, now the parents want the school to pay: 'You better pay for my son's phone!'

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'I knew they would definitely fail': Substitute teacher gets back at cheating students by making an uncheatable test

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'The parents want to meet with me': Teacher scolded for ripping up cheating students' tests

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'Her biggest pet peeve was when people used "they"': Student complies to teacher's grammatical demands