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Oh, those carefree school days... The cringe was so real that well into our adulthood, we still relive it while we sleep. Although most of the embarrassing stuff that only a thought of it turns us bright red still to this day happened to us and our friends, teachers were not immune to making fun of themselves in front of the whole class.

So when Jimmy Fallon announced his new #MyTeacherIsFunny challenge and asked everyone to tweet the funniest, weirdest and most embarrassing things their teacher has done or said, the answers started pouring in one by one, each better than the previous one.

From a 9th grade teacher who would tell kids to close the blinds every Monday only for them to realize he was hungover, to a teacher who kept a jar of chewed gum on his desk, here are some of the most entertaining stories featuring teacher quirks and school antics. Don’t say you don’t miss it a tiny bit. Just kiddin’.

NBC’s award-winning show Saturday Night Live first premiered on October 11, 1975. Jimmy Fallon was commissioned as a cast member in 1988, and in 2014, he became the sixth permanent host of the long-running The Tonight Show. His weekly hashtag challenges and active social media presence have won him a solid fan-base.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had the same math teacher as my mom. His son was in my class too so when mom told me he slept with an underaged student his first year, got her knocked up and then married her to make it kosher ( it was the 1970s) I could never look at either one of them the same again

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's one way to get your point across, highly effective I would imagine.

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Fallon's most popular challenge was his #TumbleweedChallenge, which generated over 8K submissions and 10.4 million engagements on TikTok. This was the biggest spike recorded by TikTok since the app launched in 2016. Currently, Fallon has a whopping 51.3M following on Twitter, making his account the 19th most popular one on the entire site.

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Donald Trump has also helped Jimmy’s Twitter account to get attention. Back in June, Trump attacked Fallon for apologizing for having the then-presidential candidate on his chat show and playfully ruffling his hair. Trump told Fallon to “be a man.”

Oh, and if you're wondering, Barack Obama is the most followed person on Twitter with 110.2M followers. With the presidency now behind him, Obama mostly tweets about work being done by his Obama Foundation and other activities.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My teacher was so sweet. Seriously, I don't even know what he taught anymore, but it was boring. Some sort of math or science. I was painting flowers on my paper. He walked over and said: Do you think flowers are more interesting than my teaching? No sir. Oh you can say yes. My wife likes flowers more too.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be every school Zoom, everywhere. WOuld help the kids out SO MUCH with their Zoom burn out and exhaustion.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope my German teacher does this. She actually might. She apparently will cuss out students if they annoy her lol

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I asked my high school German teacher about the bad words, so she had me look them up in the German-English/English-German dictionary, write them down, and give her my notes. She carved out 15 minutes at the beginning of the next class to teach us how to cuss like German sailors, then told us not to tell on her for it. As far as I know, no one did. I figured it was OK to tell about it now, since it happened in 1977 (I graduated in 1978).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was admitted to the Ph.D. program I had to sit through an inquisition with the Department faculty. I was the only grad student who didn't have to take and pass a foreign language exam because I had years of German with a B average and one of my other degrees was in Russian language. One of the professors, a real asshole, said "can you translate Russian?" And I said "I have a degree in Russian language." He kept hounding me and finally I said "Da, ya gavaroo Russki tbi sinka sin." Yes, I speak Russian you son of a bitch" Fortunately, his languages were non-existent, certainly not Russian.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Third year high school Spanish class, we read a modern play. It had bad words and Mr. Neno (RIP) would close and lock the door to translate them into English for us.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Spanish teacher in freshman year once inadvertently taught us a swear word while telling us to pronounce a word correctly, haha.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Spanish teacher wouldn't even admit that she knew what "cerveza" meant, when I asked. And she'd lived in Spain. She wore ankle length skirts with thick opaque tights, and long sleeved blouses buttoned all the way up to her neck, often with sweaters on top, even in the hot Summertime. And she only taught us Castilian Spanish, which is the proper, formal dialect used in Spain. Not quite as useful with those who use Mexican Spanish, which is what most of the Latinos in the US (or at least most of the ones I've met) speak. They still understand most of it, but it would be like someone from Spain learning British English, and speaking to an American. They both use different words used for the same item. For example, in Britain, you might say lorry, instead of truck, like we do in the US. In Castilian Spanish, coche means car. But a person who speaks Mexican Spanish would instead say carro. So it can be awkward at the least, and can also lead to confusion, or even to you looking silly for trying to speak to them, and using the wrong words.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyway, I went off on a tangent, lol. But my point was, my Spanish teacher would NEVER have taught us bad words. Though I wish she would have! But it's okay, I've since learned them on my own LOL. ETA-No, I don't think she wore her long clothes for religious reasons. I think she was just kind of a prude. Though I could be wrong. Still, other than the above, she was a nice lady, and I liked her well enough. Oh, and "cerveza" means "beer", for anyone who was curious but didn't feel like googling, lol.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

H.S. Freshman year German class - the teacher taught us German beer-drinking songs with the English translation on the board. I can still (several decades later) sing this one from memory. "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa ..."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really would like to know how American teachers think German sailors swear ...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used to trick our German teacher into telling use curse words in German. He was also very easy to get off track so we never really learned anything. And he had my older sister so he always called me her name.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After completing four years of French, I stood up and said "Madame Sinclair, you said that if I got four years of straight As, you would teach me all the swear words". You should have seen her face, she spluttered and denied ever making such a promise.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend was one learning weather in french and was told to practice at home. So my friend was practicing with their mum crudely. Then they went out shopping and started conversing in french asking "what about him?" The daughter then replied in french "yes, he is hot" . The guy must have understood because he turned round, smiles and said "mercy beacoup".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Spanish teacher said “get your heads out of your asses” while we were complaining about the new tech rule. In Spanish. On the first day of school.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My college kids still raise their hands and ask to go to the toilet. I keep reminding them they are adults and this is not a prison. Usually get them trained in the first couple of weeks just to quietly leave and come back

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jobs have appeared and disappeared as long they exist. It's pretty hard to find a job as clock keeper, lamplighter or switch operator in these times.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our Earth Science teacher ( Mr. Bean, who straight looked like a leprechaun) told us he graded while drunk, which I believe and I know another teacher always had "orange juice" in class. I was his grading assistant in the free period and my friend came in to hang and we tested the "orange juice". It was def a screwdriver. Though after 10 years in the classroom I can sort sympathize.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally think large amounts of homework are worthless "busy" exercises. Students don't do it, I get frustrated, they are frustrated, it's all bad. I give very little homework and it is then done without a fuss and on the rare occasion they don't do it, my disappointed face has a lot more impact.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder if it was with pressurized water or if it was a chemical reaction like mentos and diet cola?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why you preview films before showing them. Though the only Spanish movie my high school owned was Babe the Pig. In college our teacher was Spanish and showed movies with violence and sex without blinking an eye

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The teacher was covering his back. A text message like that could make him a sex offender in the blink of an eye.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Entirely the teacher‘s fault. Trying to convince students of something and then be surprised when they believe it. (And before anyone says this was too ridiculous to believe, I‘m sure everybody experienced situations where they learned something that seemed utterly unbelievable and yet was still true.)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would a civics class be learning about date fruits? Though maybe this explains a lot about the current levels of political literacy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Used to go from room to room in junior high, with every classes tv on and tuned to the World Series. No work was done during the World Series!

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