Depending on where you went to school and what classes you took, you may have had a project where you had to take care of a sack of flour as if it were a child, or in this case, a robotic doll programmed to cry. Based on how frustrating these things can be, we're not sure if these projects were designed to be a learning experience so much as birth control. It doesn't take simulated parenting to know that kids are weird and dumb, and that toddlers have meltdowns over nothing, but having a robot baby wake up in the middle of the night might be a literal wake-up call for a high school freshman.
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This student deserves some high marks for their exceptional revenge. Plus, the vivid imagery used to describe this mean teacher really immerses the reader in the story, as it unfolds. It sounds like this teacher was pulling off some serious BS, and ultimately her antics resulted in her own downfall.
We were all dumb in school, but some kids just showed it better. Whether it was a kid trying to wing their way through plagiarized material, some dude doing a wildly inappropriate and incredibly personal PowerPoint, or even a teacher trying to get through a horribly ill-conceived assembly, we've all seen some real embarrassing presentations. The thing is, people you knew from school on't really change a lot, and that can lead to some really awkward moments at high school reunions. Sometimes these school events get so bad they're eventually referred to as the school's "incident."
This teacher had had enough of some slacker seniors messing around and as a result, negatively impacting other people's grades in the class. Anyone who has ever found themselves muddling through a group project, and trying to keep someone else who isn't accountable, accountable, will connect deeply with this revenge. It's honestly beautifully done. Probably the most powerful lesson the teacher ever taught. Those entitled parents and kids never saw it coming.
These students thought they'd prank their teacher, but the teacher ended up having the last laugh. Ah, yes. Got to love a nice case of a wholesome revenge. Nothing gives a student the fear like a fake test with a bunch of answers there was no way they'd be prepared for answering.
Sometimes it was a normal thing that a teacher mistook for something else. Other times it was a living thing. Sometimes weapons, and other times just weird. It's strange to be an adult and realize how schools are just pure chaos with adults trying their best (sometimes) to keep things sort of in order. Here are people sharing the drama that became their school's "incident".
An outspoken few of us are scouring our lives looking for unwholesome imagery in television, music and apparently, elementary school art exercises. Some real wild stuff gets passed off as legit by mom groups. This misunderstanding had some extra facepalm on it. Fittingly, people made an even bigger mockery of the situation. Being a teacher can be hard especially when it comes to wild parent teacher conferences.
This teacher's wholesome moment with a rather moody student ended up coming full circle in the best way. The universe speaks in mysterious ways. It sounds like the teacher left a profoundly positive impact on the student who was going through a tough time. You never know how far an act of kindness can carry someone down the wild road of life.
This teacher's viral story about teaching deaf kids how farts work is a hilariously wholesome little tale. Taking a moment and picturing the look of shock and the confusion thereafter on these kids faces as they learn about the wild world of farts is just golden.
This tutor schooled himself. Sometimes you get caught up in the motions of the job, and you end up being a "tutor" who can't even get their student's name right. To make matters even better, you botch their name to such an extent that you're literally calling them the name of their laptop. Beautiful stuff, really.
The life of a teacher is pretty wild. Teachers can see some incredibly dumb kids. Sometimes a good teacher will do a kid a solid. Teaching can be funny and full of chaos. Sometimes parents have a very limited idea of what a teacher's job actually is, and take any criticism of their child personally. These are some of those times parent-teacher conferences were a little wild.
Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share the most savage things they've heard teachers say to students. We're not sure whether the savagery comes from teachers just being fed up with all the stresses of grading papers and keeping students in line, or what. All we know is these rare insults from teachers deserve some high marks.
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This is the kind of physics professor that would've gotten us excited about science. Apparently the guy is in his 70's and he still manages to do all this wild stuff. Hell yeah.
This fed up Ohio teacher had enough of her students stealing, swearing, and destroying property. So, she speaks out with a powerful and intelligent message to the community.
