It’s funny how most of us imagine a classroom to be the place where all the serious business happens.
In reality, it’s where hilarity is turned up to the max—from funny typos on the board, to photocopying skills running errands, to plain absurd incidents that do happen more often than we’d like to think.
But this time, we're gonna turn the cards around and let the teachers share their fair amount of awkwardly funny accidents that have happened at school. In the end, they are humans too.
And what can be more human than failing on duty, like accidentally using a glue stick as a Chapstick in front of a class of little giggling devils?
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Teacher Fail
thats gonna be hard to explain to the kid. the betrayal that would be on the kids face tho
I did the same thing at work 20yrs ago. My boss came in and left breakfast on my desk without words. So I thought it was her way of thanking me for a good job I did the day before at the last minute. Figured she wasn't talking to me about it for she got caught up talking to someone else when she came in, which I was able to witness as I took my first happy bite. Moments later, she walks back towards me and.... I'm expecting her to start giving me thanks, and instead, it's "Where's my breakfast I left here?" Uh oh. There was no way I could weasel myself out of that, so I just told the truth and deflated. I explained why as I had already ate every last bite and had not even a crumb to offer her. She was mostly known as being mean, but she actually laughed and walked away from me. My punishment? Ordering her an entirely new breakfast without eating it. Surely, I'm not the only one who takes free food when offered? I'm like a happy bear if not Cookie Monster when that happens. Even, if I'v
Sorry Class, My Dog Ate Everyone's Homework
Dog: see we DO eat homework! N i just at a class worths! Im supreme doggo!
Load More Replies...This actually happened to my kid once. Her teacher brought in notes "from the dog" saying how sorry she was, but she'd been REALLY hungry and frustrated. Even had a paw-print signature.
I had that happen with my cat 🐈 I had to tell the library that my cat 🐈 ate book.
Announcment For Teachers Please Check Your Fonts
WHY did you have to point that out...the ick factor just went up 500%!
Load More Replies...Oops! Properties of addiction!? Oh..addition! Lol...with socks...niceeee
Yeah, I read it as "Addiction' too, but it's actually "Addition". I was thinking "what the hell are the *Properties of Addiction*"? And then, I read point a, and saw that it was "addition". (I still don't know what *Properties of Addition* are either!)
Load More Replies...The classroom is one heck of a tricky business, especially when you’re the one in charge. And even though being a teacher is generally regarded as a rewarding profession which has probably one of the biggest influences on our future generations, that doesn’t mean it’s not stressful.
In reality, incidents and accidents in a classroom are part of their daily bread, and it’s up to the teacher to manage the situation and not to let it escalate. Sometimes the incidents are indeed harmless and even mood-lifting, but other times, with 20 people in class, things spiral out of control.
A Science Teacher
My middle school science teacher uttered probably the only thing I've ever remembered from his class: "If you look at this pattern, it looks like the orgasm exploded." Um. I've never seen a human being turn that shade of red before or since.
Believe you me, there is worse. My (male) literature teacher was talking about how unrealistic books/movies can be sometimes, and it was all quite interesting and nice. Then he said "like you know, how they show a couple having sex over and over again when we all know a male can only have an erection once a day". Never seen so many faces turning DOWN to their tables so attentively all at once.
In high school our science teacher was demonstrating static or something to us (I don't quite remember) but the way she decided to do this was to rub a long, thin tube inside a much wider tube. It took her about 5 seconds to realize why this was not a good idea. I don't think the guys at the back of the class stopped laughing for the whole lesson.
One of my instructors during nursing school said during a lecture about vaginal infections, "As far as prevention goes, you can't overemphasize the importance of good oral hygiene."
Once in an art class, I called the philtrum (the indentation between nose the lip) the phrenulum. Oh dear
And half of them snickered, the other half just stared at me wide-eyed XD
I gotta be honest, every time I read organism, my mind goes “orgasm”
Mine too, and the same teacher once told a kid to take off his pants (instead of saying coat like she meant to). (Edit Miss Mitchell if you're reading this I do remember other things from your class too... you were a good teacher... but no, you were never gonna live these down...)
Load More Replies...Teacher Fail
The name of my band is called 'The Floppy Clocks'. Obviously named after the Dali painting. But I get it could be misconstrued?
My band was The Clockmen, Never entered our minds that you could take the "L" out of "Clockmen" and get a whole new interpretation . . . until we played at a Catholic girls' college and one of the students "misheard" our name.
Load More Replies...How did them words come into a sentence? "okay class if you would like to get your floppy d***s out...."
I KNOW! That was my thought. Who was still using floppies in 2015?
Load More Replies...My 7th grade sex education teacher referred to a flaccid penis as a "wet noodle". This has always stuck with me.
I Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Buy My Class Of Year 5's Some Heart Shaped Balloons - Apparently Not
Boobloons. Also as a tip: Never use the heart shaped spritz cookie shape unless you plan to frost your inappropriately shaped cookies to hide their veiny shame. Especially with pink dough that bakes tan. Weirdest Valentine cookies ever.
That’s why every teacher has to have a few classroom management strategies at hand. Rob Plevin, a teaching expert who specializes in noisy class solutions and teaching techniques, suggests a couple of useful tips to get everything under control.
First, as a teacher, you shouldn’t ask "why?” “Asking a student why they have or haven’t done something is an extremely confrontational and threatening way of approaching and almost always results in more conflict,” he suggests.
Second, Rob urges teachers to create a diversion: for example, redirection of attention to a demonstration or something else happening nearby, a change in activity, or a story or joke. “Any off-topic question should do the job or, if you’re more adventurous, you could change your behavior and do something they aren’t expecting."
Fail
I had a math teach, Mrs. Stanley.... old bitty, personality of a stone. She used to tell us to sit up straight, etc. One day during a test she rocked back in her desk chair, fell over and her wig went flying off, I KID YOU NOT! Someone asked if she was ok - she grabbed her wig, said, "yes", and went out the door for 15 minutes. We had to stifle our laughs for fear she would come back in and get meaner than she already was.
Nothing could have humanized you more in the eyes of your students, and the laughter made your bond even better! I bet they loved you after that.
This Professor, Who Sent A Rude Email Because He Thought Everyone Skipped His Class. It Was An Online Class
He's a professor, which I assume he is at a university. How does he not know that it should all be online? There's usually faculty meetings and orientation that go over these details.
I work at a University and it was the first day of classes. We had someone call the Info Line and ask when the first day of classes were. We told him it was that day--he replied. "Oh s**t' I'm a professor and had a class at 8am" It was after 10 when he called.
Load More Replies...Because he said don't bother keeping my class if you don't care enough to show up. It's a little snippy
Load More Replies...I, as a student, get confused looking at my schedules each semester. Online classes do not say online. They say.... meeting times... Mon-Fri. Times to be announced along with a room number. Took me a couple semesters to figure it out. Maybe I'm just a little slow at processing the information.... IDK
That Time I Made Fake Snow With My Students And It Looked Like Bags Of Coke'
You can check all of them, Officer !
Load More Replies...I once bought some agar agar in a shop that sold it loose. The shop-worker handed me a plastic bag containing a light brown powder. I couldn't resist saying, "that's going to look so suspicious if I get searched by the police!"
Third, if a student is behaving ill, remind them of their past success. He suggests trying this by asking: “Remember how well you coped last time this happened?” or “Hey, I saw you behaving impeccably this morning. Come on, get back to your true self.”
Other strategies include offering support, staying silent, offering them space, and using your sense of humor. It’s incredible what a powerful tool humor can be in stressful situations and it can immediately lift the edge off the whole classroom.
How Is Your First Day Going?
Mrs Moore: "But that is not a... I mean yes, it can be used as a flower pot holder..."
Load More Replies...Everyone reading this is just thinking about how much worse it could have been...
At my school (Derby Academy) There is a Ms. Moore and a Ms. Murphy XD
1st Of Many Teacher Fails: We Were Going To Play Hangman But Then We Realized That Was Inappropriate... So We Came Up With A New, Original Game Which We Called “Beat The Balls.” Then We Chose The Word “Grassland” And Well This Is Where We Ended Up
Why not make a monkey hanging from a tree by its tail? All you have to do is turn the stickman upside down, add circle ears and draw a treetop.
because it's referencing brutal murder, and these are likely elementary-schoolers.
Load More Replies...the kids knew what they were doing saying out the certain letters to make her feel stupid
nope, nothing comes to mind when someone says 'beat the balls'... nothing at all >___>
Started to have the kids sing going on a lion hunt.... guns and bullets, dang
Welp. I Killed The Class Pets Today
Depending on the age of the children, it can be used as a teachable moment
True, but I'm sure some parents would turn all 'Karen' on the poor teacher
Load More Replies...Throwback To That Awkward Moment During Student Teaching
Human anatomy is inappropriate in some places. But as far as I know, many kids have a private parts phase. Right after the " pee and poo is hilarious" phase. It is exploring, they are becoming aware of girls and boys not being built the same. And they have no shame about it but love the reactions of adults to it. Would work of famous artists be covered if they show private parts? (The answer is yes, in some places/schools). But hey, grow up. We were all born naked.
How's Your Day Going? If I Had A Dollar For Every Time I've Locked My Class Keys In My Room, I Could Quit My Job. No Worries, I'm Innovative And A Problem Solver. I Always Carry A Tool Kit In My Car...
Doesn't the caretaker have a set of keys? Surely there's no need for that?
A student once left their eye glasses in the classroom next door, and that teacher had just left for the day. I had to tell the kid to close their eyes and turn their head so they would not go home and tell their parents "my teacher taught me to break and enter today." The kid picked up their glasses and grinned at me as they left.
it could've been worse. could've locked your car keys in the classroom and the classroom keys in the car
High School Teacher Remote Teaching. Our Platform Generates Unique Classroom Codes For Each Course. For My Course, I Have To Screenshot And Send "Jizzin' To God" To All My Students
So, students with names that have what looks like dirty words in them can't get registered, but this happens :o)
Notice also the "HS Choir" course name in the lower left...
Teacher Fail
I bet chapstick glues better then today's glue stick. I remember the days when duct tape actually stuck to things.
And when permanent marker was actually permanent. My son decided to draw a cat nose and whiskers on his face. Luckily water and soap took it off. Back in the day you'd have to remove a couple layers of skin.
Load More Replies...Glue from a glue stick used in school is SUPER weak compared to most glues, so I seriously doubt it
Load More Replies...Not much sympathy showing. Feel sorry and hope it didn't hurt too much.
i feel ya. i once used a glue stick instaid of that hand lotion thing and partially stuck myself to a wall.
One girl girl I knew thought cork grease was chapstick (it’s what you put on clarinets so the peices don’t stuck
It's May, And We're All Here. What More Can You Ask For?!
In year six, my teacher gave us all a maths worksheet, I then pointed out that she had in fact given us the sheet with the answers, I didnt realise how helpful this would have been until I had said it and the whole class just groaned "Heather!" And I was given the evil eye multiple times for the rest of the day.
Btw, to Americans, year six is the British equivalent to grade five
Load More Replies...Bad Photocopying On My Behalf. The Year 6’s Found It Hilarious
we all know you couldn't fit an ant in a girls pocket lol
Load More Replies...& that is why my school has me! Leave the reprographics to the pro's lol!
Teacher Fail
Or ya know The Book Thief(it’s not about burning books but there is a section where books are burnt)
Load More Replies...Lol that was the first title I thought of, too!
Load More Replies...When You Get Into The Prep-Room And Feel A Storng Smell Of Lamb And Wonder Where It Comes From And Then You Find This Amazing Bloodpool Behind The Cart Where You Placed The Dissection Organs To Let Them Thaw Well, It's Alright! We Learn By Doing Mistakes. We Definitely Need To Buy New Intact Boxes To Our Lab Though
nah man thats that one kid who disappeared a year ago when he didnt do his hw for a month 💀
Murder in the classroom. WHO DID IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII *catches breath*-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!
My First Ever Class As A Teacher Is About To Begin, All Notes On The Laptop
Heh, mine did it 30 min before a projection on an event, it finished 2 minutes before it was time to go.
You should have bought a lottery that day.
Load More Replies...oh i work in IT company and we arrive at our client's office to lecture on how to work with our software. All CEO's, administration, and casual users sit in the classroom. Guess what mr. Windows decide to restart automatically in the middle of presentation? 😂
"And we are in. We are going to register. You hit register— Updates are ready. I should update. Um, estimated time 12 minutes, so this should take 5 or 10 minutes." -Michael Scott
Mine usually takes 10 mins, I had a 20 min break, it took 2 hours and I missed two of my classes
Mine politely asks before updating (it's threatening me I must say nice things about it otherwise it'll delete my cat memes. SEND HELP)
'from My Son's Preschool Wall ... They Are J's ... Right?'
If you want to see J, so it's J... with big-pointy head and googly eyes
I'm Proud Of - Accidental Swear Word In The Findaword - Teacher Of The Year!
I used to teach ESL. My teacher aid, who was not a native English speaker, made a word scramble for different kinds of fruit. PEAR = RAPE
I once knew someone who made word searches. Accidentally had the word c--t in one of them. I caught it before he sent it to print. He was mortified, lol!
ik kids look on bored panda but we all know what the word is. no need to censor it tbh
I'm noticing the word at the bottom that either spells weve or evew. Both of which aren't words.
We've isnt a word? They just didnt put the apostrophe
Load More Replies...And again, censor the whole purpose of this post. Violence, no problem. A bad word? Oh no, we’re all going to hell!
Once when i was making a word search thingy, i accidently put the letters "S" "E" "X" right next to eachother....
It Was My Substitute Teacher’s First Day On The Job, And This Is What We Walk In Class To. Dry Erase Markers On A Promethean Board Isn’t It Yall
It is a brand of 'Smart Board' You can write on it with special pens and then screen shot what you have written.
Load More Replies...At least the sub taught the class. Lol All of my substitutes just read the names on the roster wrong and got on their phone until the bell rang. Lol
I had an English sub once who used her fingers to wipe off the white board pens from the white board which created a giant smudge. My actual English teacher loved to keep everything neat and tidy so our whole class was cringing and and whispering to each other that she wouldn't like it. We then had to point out the whiteboard cleaning spray that was clearly labelled and the wipe to clean it off. We spent 15 mins explaining to our sub that we had to keep the class room really tidy. That was a lesson that I will never forget. It seemed to last about 3 hrs instead of 1
I'm sorry but sub teacher should've been instructed or at least left with a clear sticky note to not use sharpies - it's not her/his fault
No... a promethian bourd is basically a computer screen. You are not suppose to write on it at all.
Load More Replies...Honestly, what was wrong about chalkboards? Except for the dreaded Chalk Finger teachers would get. Smelly dry-erase markers, unenvironmental disposal of same, chemicals for spray cleaner, see-through glass boards that show every flaw on the wall if you were lucky enough to think of how dark you wall is before the contractor mounted it, c**p technology...
my IT is so bad that sometimes i forget about the delete button and use typex on the screen.
Ordinary rubber pencil erasers might take that off. I had something similar one time. OR there is whiteboard cleaner spray if you have time to shop. Bonus tip: if you accidentally write on a whiteboard with a regular marker, write over it with whiteboard markers. WB markers simply have an extra chemical that let's them be erased easily. When you write over permanent marker with wb marker ink, it erases off the whiteboard easily.
Can we talk about the 3rd-grade level cursive writing? I can just see students at the back of the class squinting to make it out. It's hard to do cursive on a vertical surface so just print for Pete's sake.
When The Art Project Is A Giant Disaster
Not everything brown is pooh. Not everything slightly dickshaped is a d**k. It gets old, interpreting everything as sexual organs. Yawn.
Poor Balloon Placement In Class Today
When Your Anchor Charts Go Wrong
The thumb joint is a bit of an exaggeration, too!
Load More Replies...It's a hand, it's a foot, it's INAPPROPRIATE DRAWING MAN! Obviously he also outstays his welcome.
Ummm! DO good readers need to use their index finger?? I always though that that was a sing of a virtual NON-reader/
4 Teachers. 10 Degrees. 1 Giant Mess
I see a fluffy polar bear with a matching short fluffy tail.
Load More Replies...This one won’t get any points if we have no idea what we are looking at...
Looks like they put dish soap in the dishwasher instead of dishwasher detergent.
You have a friggin' dishwasher??!! At my last job, I was teaching science in a regular classroom. I used buckets for clean water and dirty water!!!!
Well That Didn't Go As Smoothly As Planned . My Bean Bag Refill Finally Came In After Being Back Ordered For Months And Refilling It Seemed So Simple Until This Happened
Refilling bean bags is *much* harder than it appears, and those static-y SOBs are impossible to clear up too. Good luck with that.
Amen. We had a broken bag of these on the attic two years ago and I still, to this day, find those little things suddenly appear in strange places.
Load More Replies...I learned by a wonderful maintenance man water makes the static go away in styrofoam
Oops, Bad Spelling
Actually, the c-word is considered the worst in the English language in North America for example. There are over 600 "taboo deformations" to replace it.
Load More Replies...And then it also says "Putting 5 pennies into a tin...". I definitely read it wrong the first time I looked at it.
Right now Over me. -The Beatles. And yes it's perfectly fine if you don't take only that excerpt out of context. Blind censorship is dumb and damaging.
Could have been worse; they could have miss-spelled "pennies" as you know what
Not everything brown is pooh. Not everything slightly dickshaped is a d**k. It gets old, interpreting everything as sexual organs. Yawn.
Happy Friday Friends! Nothing Like Starting The Weekend Off With Ripped Pants Trying To Be A Fun Teacher Doing Cartwheels With Your Kids!
Haha! Oops! Good job tho..teach. When kids relate to you, they respect you. I've raised 2 stand up humans just this way. Never one issue between them. My son at 14 was caught at a party..I knew he was going to..when a kid tripped out on lsd and called the cops. The officer observed them before knocking and when he called me to get my son, said.." Your son was the only kid not pertaking in booze or drugs and was helping the young man through his bad trip." That's my boy! He's 21 now and straight edged.
A good teacher who gets involved, related and gains trust of my kid...will be much more successful at teaching him or her. I was blessed with involved teachers. They changed me from going down the wrong path by simply listening. I wouldn't have given 2 shots of they hadn't. Not everyone has a trusting adult. Teachers have a lot of power. Engaging the children is the first step to pupil success.
Load More Replies...Teacher Fail!! Got To School This Morning Ready To Finish Grading A Few More Writings, And Noticed A Delicious Smell. Then I Saw This... My Lunch (Last Night's Fajitas) Leaked All Over The Papers! Yikes!
Since a few people asked, basically I didn't read the title before I saw the picture and I thought it was gonna say her dog peed on the bag the papers were in and it leaked through or something 😂 That's how
Load More Replies...This Teacher Definitely Didn't Proofread
Special Needs Teachers Put This Up Today
I don't get about everyone is upset about. The Special Ed teacher put that up, she loves homies with extra chromies, her students have extra chromies. I actually think it is really cute and sweet.
It's a teacher trying to be hip, but they're completely failing at it.
Load More Replies...How Is Your Monday Going? & Of Course It Had To Be My Free One!
You Gotta Own It
Hilariously Ironic Fail
Sentencing is indeed very important. Any kindergartener should be able to do it.
Teacher Mistake
This drawing could always have been made worse: shrubs, artesian leakage, burrowing ants, etc.
I Love My Students, I Really Do... But Sometimes They Make Too Much Stuff
Looks like pottery they made. But I really don't understand what this means.
This is obviously bonedry greenware (clay that has not been fired). Obviously this teacher does not know they can just put the discarded pieces in a bucket with water to rehydrate the clay and recycle it for other projects. SOURCE: My bachelor's degree in sculpture and ceramics. Also if the state of the floors are any indication saving money on supplies is justified. Good clay can be pricey. And throwing it on the floor? I hope this was stuff left over post semester. Otherwise this is being a jerk and I do not feel bad the teacher just made a huge mess for themselves to clean up. Obviously they do not respect art or their students.
My teacher used to say.."oh I'm sorry but the kiln exploded"..next time less air bubbles! Lets try this again!😂
Rip. Fortunately when I was doing pottery they neither exploded nor were dropped. But I keep all of mine in a safe place just in case
Oops
Hmm... not her fault. Bad idea to cover the doors with the stripes. Didn´t see the pole until she run in it...
“My nose! Damn you Marcia!” Agreed. I think I felt that in my teeth too.
Load More Replies...This Professor, Who Taught A Whole Lecture Not Knowing This Was Behind Them
Too bad they covered up the part that says what the graph might've been intended to mean...
"Brains" on the Y axis, "Booty" on the X... it appears to be exploring the correlation of the two. :/
Load More Replies...Yep. I drew a fart cloud on a white board once, intending to take a pic right when the teacher stepped in the right place of the fart cloud, but I forgot to grab my phone to do so. Good thing I've got a mental picture! :D lol
My Teacher Photocopied An Eyelash Onto The Assignment
The photocopier's platen glass needs to be cleaned on a regular basis... always that one guy who can't wait for wite-out to dry before makin' copies.
Wet Quizzes
Teacher Mistake
It is no one, there is no hyphen and it is two seperate words.
Load More Replies...Teacher:Boobs were once made from animal skin Students:… Teacher:… Students… Teacher:… Teacher:Boots…
Banana Cake Went Supremely Wrong
Or the bakery bakery messed up and thus is not home made
Load More Replies...Teacher Fail
The bucket is too tiny to hold popsicle sticks. Oh, the joys of online shopping.
Load More Replies...You know what they are the perfect size to hold, jellybeans, or Smarties.
A married was the staple of every lunch worker in RI public schools when they had recess duty. Long live meme' and pepe'!
Load More Replies...Well...if you're using them for counting, I hope this is kindergarten!😂
The Strategy Is “Mountains, Hills And Rocks” They Are Now Calling “Mountains, Humps And Rocks” 5th Grade Math
My worst ever experience when I was a teacher was standing in front of a class of 15 (post 16 year old) engineering students, all lads, when the elastic on my skirt went and it fell down. Luckily I was also wearing leggings. I just said "well it's not the 1st time my skirt has been around my ankles" kicked it to the side and carried on the lecture.
Omg that's a badass teacher right there... Also that joke 😂😂
Load More Replies...This was pretty fun, but then I realized that these teachers have to go back to teaching physically in the midst of a pandemic, and that too in the worst affected country.
First (and only) day sub teaching 2nd grade. Wiggly "bad boy" finished his work because I told him he could do some artwork, so he makes a paper airplane, launches it just as the principle comes in, it hits her right between the eyes, and I say "Oh, S***t."
redeeming note: it was an awesome paper plane, decorated superbly, I wish I still knew that kid.
Load More Replies...Yeah, been there, done that...sat in on the grievance meetings... -Dr M, retired educator
One of my teachers made the mistake of allowing us to start a conversation about prom after we finished a discussion about a book about a school shooting called 19 Minutes. This kid in class, out of nowhere, says “19 minutes prom”
We all make mistakes. Just gotta learn from them. However, the ones made in front of kids are awful. They have a hard time letting it go. Accidental flops= a weeks of being reminded of it
My worst ever experience when I was a teacher was standing in front of a class of 15 (post 16 year old) engineering students, all lads, when the elastic on my skirt went and it fell down. Luckily I was also wearing leggings. I just said "well it's not the 1st time my skirt has been around my ankles" kicked it to the side and carried on the lecture.
Omg that's a badass teacher right there... Also that joke 😂😂
Load More Replies...This was pretty fun, but then I realized that these teachers have to go back to teaching physically in the midst of a pandemic, and that too in the worst affected country.
First (and only) day sub teaching 2nd grade. Wiggly "bad boy" finished his work because I told him he could do some artwork, so he makes a paper airplane, launches it just as the principle comes in, it hits her right between the eyes, and I say "Oh, S***t."
redeeming note: it was an awesome paper plane, decorated superbly, I wish I still knew that kid.
Load More Replies...Yeah, been there, done that...sat in on the grievance meetings... -Dr M, retired educator
One of my teachers made the mistake of allowing us to start a conversation about prom after we finished a discussion about a book about a school shooting called 19 Minutes. This kid in class, out of nowhere, says “19 minutes prom”
We all make mistakes. Just gotta learn from them. However, the ones made in front of kids are awful. They have a hard time letting it go. Accidental flops= a weeks of being reminded of it
