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Professor bans coffee from his 8 AM class, much to the dismay of his student who works nights and only gets 5 hours of sleep: 'How do I survive mornings without it?'

Emmy Pratt

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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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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

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'How come my Gen Alpha students make nasty comments?': Heavily-tattooed teacher questions why her young students constantly criticize her ink

JR Atkinson

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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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Specialist Teacher "sneaky quits," vanishes before the next school term after 10 years in their role when micromanaging new Director revokes their health insurance—they move 2000 miles before Director notices their 120-day absence: 'I just didn’t show up'

Brad Dickson

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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'

Brad Dickson

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Free-thinker proposes middle schools should abandon academics, teaching students trades full-time: 'They don’t wanna sit in the classroom, and I don’t think they should.'

Emmy Pratt

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Successful lawyer expects her child-free sister, who's struggling to afford a family trip to Mexico, to babysit her two kids for free so she can have alone time: ‘She could cover a portion of my costs’

Cata Holmes

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Student uses a faulty AI detector to avoid being expelled from college and manages to graduate and later become a professor: ‘It was my first allegation, to give me the benefit of the doubt, which they did.’

Olivia Arocena

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Teacher refuses to change student's B- grade after mom brings in elaborate at-home science project, offers extra credit instead: 'That clearly wasn't the point of the task'

Cata Holmes

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Teacher Fails Middle School Student for Being 'Really Poor': 'I thought I did actually pretty good... But then I get my grade afterwards. I failed.'

Remy Millisky

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Teacher refuses to teach husband's 13-year-old niece after she repeatedly misses class, family blames her: 'I'm expected to compensate.'

Remy Millisky

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Middle School Teacher Refuses to Hand Over an Expensive Brand-Name Hoodie to a Mom with Only a Vague Description, Then Another Student Proves It’s His and Proves Her Right

Etai Eshet

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Delusional high school senior shows up to graduation in her own cap and gown despite failing out of school: 'The Dean of Students walks over and tells her [...] this area is for graduating students'

Ben Weiss

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Teacher tests who is actually studying by giving her class the actual exam as a study guide, majority of the class still fails: 'Only about 30 kids out of 125 [figured it out]'

Ben Weiss

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