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50 Students And Parents Call Out Their Teachers Who Were So Toxic, They Shouldn’t Be Teaching Anyone
Let’s do a quick experiment, shall we, Pandas? Think about the best teachers you’ve ever had. See how easily their faces pop up in your imagination? You’re probably even smiling. Okay, now think of the very worst teachers you’ve ever encountered. It feels awful, doesn’t it? The sad truth is that nearly everyone has to deal with at least one toxic educator who was out to make their life miserable. Teachers and professors hold a huge amount of influence in their students’ lives. And that power can be used for good, as well as for ill.
Bored Panda compiled this list of pics of people sharing examples of the most toxic teachers they have ever met. The type of behavior featured in this article is appalling. And it really makes you value quality educators even more.
Keep in mind that if you’ve had awful experiences at school, these pics might bring back some bad memories. Otherwise, feel free to tell us about the best and worst teachers you had at school. You’ll find our previous post about bad teachers over here, too. We know from experience just how much teachers can inspire us… or cause us to doubt ourselves.
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Student’s Mom Had Cancer, And When She Missed School, Teacher Told Her That School Is More Important Than Home
Bored Panda was interested to learn about building a sense of trust and openness between parents and children, as well as what to do if there are issues with specific teachers at school. We reached out to parenting blogger Samantha Scroggin, from Walking Outside in Slippers, who shared her thoughts on this with us.
"I always try to maintain an open dialogue with my kids, but it doesn’t always work as well as I’d hoped. I think we can’t expect our kids to open up to us on our timeline and our terms. They have to share when and if they want to, and us parents showing a genuine interest in what’s going on in our kids’ lives sets the groundwork for when they’re ready to open up," the blogger said.
Yikes
I am SO sorry.. but that’s kind of funny… hope they apologised and were embarrassed lol
Bored Teachers Regrading Students 7 Years Later
Patience and understanding are key for building trust, bit by bit. "Sometimes this can mean listening to them drone on about Pokemon and their friend drama at school," Samantha told Bored Panda.
"I feel like it’s just as important for parents to have an open dialogue with our kids’ teachers at school to see how they’re doing. We can’t always rely on our kids for the full picture, but it’s important to take our kids’ perspective on school situations into perspective," she suggested.
Teacher Taking A Child’s Hearing Aid As Punishment “Cause She Wasn’t Listening Anyway”
Teachers Need To Understand Students Don’t Always Sleep In Class Just Because Of Laziness
She Was Six. Why Would She Be Lying About That?
Meanwhile, parenting blogger Samantha said that there's no one-size-fits-all approach when dealing with teacher-related issues. However, she revealed to Bored Panda what approach she took not too long ago.
"I actually recently had an issue with my daughter’s first-grade teacher. She is an older teacher who is not very responsive via the school’s email system. Because communicating with her was so difficult, I told the principal at the end of the school year about my struggles with the teacher. I then requested a teacher for next year who I know to be very responsive," the founder of Walking Outside in Slippers said.
"But I don’t think there is any right way to deal with school or teacher issues. I would defer to the parents to decide what is best for their child and situation," she added.
Toxicity At Its Best
“It’s easier to punish the victim than to actually solve the bullying problem” ok but that doesn’t excuse anything at all
Apparently, You Can't Be A Cheerleader And Be Smart
The Teacher Knew What She Was Doing
It sometimes feels like certain authority figures are out to get you. It’s not paranoia, though. Some people are so dissatisfied with their lives, so miserable and full of angst that they lash out at those around them.
Unfortunately, there isn’t an exam to thoroughly check if the person hoping to be a teacher is a completely decent human being. There are some bad apples among the droves of hard-working, empathetic educators.
When someone with a dislike for kids and education becomes a teacher, you can’t expect anything good. Some individuals have very low emotional intelligence, and they see their role in the classroom as purely technical: you put in the minimum required work, you get paid.
However, teaching is about far more than just classes, homework, and grading papers. For some, teaching is a calling. And they spare no expense in making their students’ lives better. They help guide them. They support them when they’re down. They thoroughly understand the massive responsibility they have weighing on their shoulders. And they do it anyway, even when they’re exhausted, under-appreciated, and given substandard pay. It’s these educators who we salute.
What A "Great" Teacher
One of the worst teachers I ever had moved me to the front row when I had the same problem, and when it didn't help, she whipped out her own eye chart(!), tested me, and sent home a note to get me glasses. She was still an awful teacher, but she did the right thing here.
Why Would You Do That?
He Was The Creepy Wood Shop Teacher
this makes me so mad because are us girls supposed to leave our butts and thighs at home?? put on our school?? this also applies to girls with large chests getting dresscoded for wearing tank tops or shirts. Women having breasts/butts ≠ flaunting those breasts/butts
The way that we approach education in modern times is vastly different from how things were done for, well, pretty all of history. Generally speaking, students are a lot less independent these days. They’re shyer and less proactive, as well.
Childhood independence expert Lenore Skenazy, from Let Grown and the Free-Range Kids movement, went into this with Bored Panda during an earlier interview.
“In the United States, for instance, school only became compulsory a little over 100 years ago. Previously—for hundreds of thousands of years of human history—kids learned simply by watching, copying, helping, and playing,” she explained how learning used to take place.
“In other words, they’d hang around the adults, see how they made things like baskets and arrowheads, they’d ask questions, noodle around, and try to copy what their elders were doing. They’d also help out as soon as they could—fetching things, tracking animals, whatever—and in between they’d be playing with a group of mixed-age kids. All these activities were fueled by curiosity,” she told us.
Teacher's Logic In Grading Math
"I said 5x3, not 3x5!" "But it's the same thing...?" "No, it's not!"
Why Do Teachers Do This?
My 6 Year Old Son's Teacher Marks All Of His Answers With A "1" Wrong Because Of His Unique Way Of Writing It
Even when he shows his work. He loves math and he was super bummed.
“You were motivated to learn what the bigger kids in your group knew, too, because they were so cool. Your entire day consisted of observing and practicing the stuff you needed to know— skills and games. If you weren’t curious, you weren’t going to enjoy life, or succeed at it,” Lenore told Bored Panda that kids were driven by a desire to become competent and be respected within their social circles and communities.
Asked My Professor For A Few Days Extension
"difficult times" ok, sure, it is a hard time for all of us. But most of them wouldn't have a loved one die
Teacher Making You Feel Bad For Using The Bathroom
Terrible Teacher
Unfortunately, these days, children are less curious and have trouble with motivation. That’s not to say that things are all bad. However, there’s a tendency for students to be passive (because that’s how schools work; they demand compliance) and to lack a focused inner drive.
“One reason kids might seem less curious today is because most of their education, inside and outside of school, doesn’t require self-motivation, it requires compliance. The drive is extrinsic, not intrinsic. Kids fill out worksheets because they have to, not because these seem interesting, or have any immediate connection to the ‘real’ world,” Lenore said.
A Teacher In Texas Is Giving A's To Students That Buy His Book And Leave A 5 Star Review On Amazon
I've known plenty of unprincipled authors who tried to up their book's rating by posting fake reviews through sockpuppet accounts, but this is a whole new level of yikes.
To Be A Teacher With The Desire To Disadvantage Students Strategically
High School Biology Teacher Posts Non-Consensual Butt Shots Of Her Underage Students On Instagram For Her Thirsty Followers
“Learning soccer means doing the drills the coach assigns, as opposed to tagging along with the older kids and working hard to get good enough so that they’d start letting you play. The key to curiosity, then, is giving kids enough free, unstructured time for them to find something they love to do for its own sake—not for a grade, or coach,” the childhood independence author shared how students are more passive during extracurricular activities as well.
When You Need A 90% Or Above To Pass The Class But Your Teacher Is A Jerk
Is the teacher a jerk? Or did they grade you fairly and this is the result? Given the amount of decimals this seems like an automated system grading an online test. If my students fail their tests then they fail, doesn't matter if they missed it by 10 points or by a 1/10th of a point, I have no control over that.
That's Messed Up
My Chemistry Teacher
According to the expert, giving our kids some unstructured ‘outdoor’ time can help foster their self-motivation and self-reliance.
“Put some junk out there—old suitcases, blankets, buckets—whatever you’ve got. Of course, at first, the kids might be bored. Scratch that: They will be bored. They’ll want to come back in and grab the iPad. Resist the temptation to let them in or entertain them,” she said.
The Teacher Needs To Go Back To Primary School
My Loom Before And After The Art Teacher "Helped" Me
If You're Poor Just Get More Money
What a jerk. Unless the student was legitimately late with the quiz, that's just dumb.
“Give them a stretch of time—and especially if you can send some other kids out there with them—and out of ‘There’s nothing to do’ something will catch their interest. And a curious kid is born,” Lenore said.
“To give dulled-out kids the equivalent of a trip to a new country, send them to do something they haven’t done on their own before. Have them run an errand, visit a neighbor, get something from the woods or the store—something that puts them in a new environment where they have to figure out some stuff on their own.”
A Teacher Of Mine Decided To Talk Rubbish About A Student Who Passed Away In A Car Accident Recently
Jesus, Sounds Like She Herself Was Having Some Sort Of Breakdown! Who Does That To A Child?
When Your Student Has Cancer And Can’t Come To Class, Maybe Don’t Reply To Their Email Like This
I really hope that teacher didn't have all the details cause that would be a lot worse... But also, we're in a pandemic too, so someone getting sick should be expected
My Nephew In The 4th Grade Had A Substitute Teacher Today And She Enforced These Rules. Are You Serious?
My Sister Came Home From School With These Spelling Quiz Results. Teacher Said She Spelled "Centuries" Wrong Because The Letters "Ur" Looks Like A Letter "W"
That's Very Sad
End of the year. The last drawing lesson before the exam. The teacher told me that my work was disgusting and she would burn it so that no one would see it. I cried all evening in the toilet. And you know what they gave me? 5. Jury and other teachers.
This Tutor
Aren't they supposed to test teacher wanna-bes at some point of their training?
Teacher Said We Need To Get 90% Or More On The Quiz, Only Made 9 Questions
My Previous Math 1060 Professor Has Nearly A 50% Drop Rate, 30% Fail Rate, And A Mere 20% Pass Rate. Didn't Take Me Long To Find Out Why (Actual Snapshot From Hw)
My Teacher Lost My Final That Took A Week To Do And Gave Me A Zero, Claiming I Never Turned It In
Same exact thing happened to me with my drawing final. It was probably one of my favorite pieces I'd done and my teacher just lost it! And she didn't even apologize, she accused me of putting it in the wrong turn in tray or something... needless to say I did not take her class after that
Teachers Unbelievably Trashy Response To A Students Passing Away
So, the little girl was really dumb but a great domestic worker? What a tribute to that poor child.
It's The Last Day Of Our Summer Vacations Today. The School Reopens From Tomorrow. She's Telling Me To Be In School 10 Minutes Before The Time Given
My Professor Is A Terrible Human Being
Shocking. I have to write formal emails to teachers and in return, I get an email with misspelt words and barely any formality
I Missed Two Classes During The Second Week Of School For My Grandmother's Funeral (Which I Told The Professor About Beforehand). I Was Very Excited To Take This Class
My Little Cousin Tried To Tell His Teacher Why Loki Wasn’t A Villain
Cousin: "I think he is not a villain because he was threatened every time he had to do something bad. If you were in that situation, would you take your life for that?"
Teacher: "This is off topic. Just write about Loki and how he's a villain. Use an exact example of..."
There is no wrong answer for this! the question literally asks 'What do YOU think?'.
Crazy Professor
Our Professor Wouldn't Upload The Syllabus Nor The Slides To Huskyct. We Had To Buy A $16 Book (Written By Her) To Know The Exam Dates And Course Content
And She's The Professor
This looks more like a technology error than a teacher error. Could be both.
In A Classroom. Boys Bathroom Also Has Multiple Signs
I already posted this on the list, but I was the 51st person so it might not show up. We had teachers say that bathrooms were not necessary, and we had a girl just get up and p**s in the trash can. I mean full blown Got up in front of the teacher, pissed. And when she got a suspension she waved out at us as she was driving away her car smiling. She literally was the start of our quote unquote 'revolution' about the bathrooms. eventually the teachers revoked it, when I threatened to take it to the next parent teacher meeting, and threaten to take it in front of the school board. I had a five-page article written up about the importance of using the restroom. Then they revoked it
You Know Your Professor Is Actively Looking To Hurt Your Grade When
Student Gets A Zero On An Assignment For Turning It In Unstapled
When Your Professor Is A Savage
You never know what's going on with a student. When I taught, a kid was kind of blowing off an assignment. I called parents since it was most of a semester grade, and gave him an incomplete so he had more time to finish. We all worked together to keep him on track. Come to find out later mom had liver cancer, and ended up dying about a year later. I really liked the kid and we were working together on this. Parents were grateful. I only found out AFTER about illness. Showed me that there are often circumstances we don't know about.