Students Come Up With Imaginary Cars To Clap Back At School Admin’s Unreasonable Micromanagement

Every administrator wants their school to be the best and get top scores. Getting there isn’t easy; it requires a lot of collaboration between the people in power and the students. Unfortunately, some admins go about it the wrong way and risk putting too much pressure on the kids.

This is what happened in one middle school where the new administrator came up with a wacky idea to improve test scores and reduce tardiness. Kids didn’t like the plan and rebelled in the most creative way by making up a whole fake vehicle system.

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Educational administrators should work with the students instead of against them in order to achieve shared goals

Empty school hallway with lockers and seating lanes leading to classrooms and a large clock overhead.

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The poster shared that the new admin who was hired at their middle school made lanes in the hallways to streamline kids to class faster, to improve test scores

School hallways with lanes designed to manage student flow and help students get to class faster.

Students walking in school hallways following imaginary lanes, practicing turn signals and orderly merging.

Students walking through busy school hallways and lanes during class transition times.

Students with backpacks joyfully running through a brightly lit school hallway filled with laughter and excitement.

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Kids began using the hallways creatively by driving imaginary cars, getting stuck in “traffic,” and spending time “parallel parking,” which wasted more time

Students walking through crowded hallways and lanes inside a school building between classes.

Students navigating long hallways and lanes in school, making U-turns to reach lockers and see friends.

School students walking through crowded hallways and lanes during a busy school day between classes.

Teacher sitting at desk in classroom with books, appearing stressed while preparing for school students in hallways lanes.

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The admin thought kids would get bored with this behavior, but it got out of control, and they couldn’t keep handing out detentions, so the hallway lanes had to go

Students racing down school hallways and lanes caused disruptions, with police issuing tickets to control the chaos.

Students walking through crowded school hallways and lanes, chatting and moving between classes during breaks.

School students rushing through hallways lanes during shortened passing periods between classes.

Students walking through school hallways and lanes between classes, carrying backpacks and talking.

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Eventually, they tried a new tactic of shortening the passing period between classes, which led to a different kind of rebellion from the kids

The poster shared that they had been a teacher at a low-income middle school, which always seemed to have poor test scores. Due to that, the administration staff had been removed, and a new admin had been hired to micromanage the place and improve the scores. The admin was hellbent on making things better as quickly as possible.

According to experts, focusing on test scores means motivating kids to learn to the best of their ability and reach their highest potential. Although the numbers are just one measure of students, it is an important metric to understand how they are placed and what areas they might be lacking in.

The new school admin’s bright idea to reduce lateness to class and improve test scores was to create lanes in the hallways. They felt that by streamlining student movement, they’d reach class faster and learn better. Unfortunately, this just led to them creating funnier delays in the form of an imaginary transport system.

When the school administration and the students don’t understand each other’s motives, it can lead to a breakdown in communication like this. That’s why it’s important for staff and teachers to state their expectations early on and explain to the kids why being on time for class or test scores is important.

Group of students and adults discussing and studying together around a table in a school hallway or lane setting.

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The poster shared how creatively all the students followed through with the imaginary vehicle system. They began cruising in the hallway, wasting time in parallel parking, and even started a “bus” route to pick up other kids. This obviously annoyed the administrator, who didn’t know what to do to stop them.

The hallway lane idea eventually had to be scrapped because of how the children were misusing it. The school admin then decided that the passing time between classes should be shortened to just two minutes, so students didn’t even have enough time to go to the restroom, and they started using that as an excuse during class.

Although these kinds of tests and policies are useful for quantifying a student’s education and bridging the gap in their knowledge, they don’t measure a child’s creativity. Being able to think beyond narrow guidelines and do something new is a wonderful skill that should be nourished properly.

The school admin was frustrated with the kids’ vehicle system, but what they didn’t realize was that maybe it had been an opportunity to inspire new ways of thinking and doing things. Hopefully, the kids continue to think of such creative things and band together as a team to work through obstacles, just as they did.

Has anything like this ever happened in your school? We’d love to hear the story.

People found the students’ behavior amusing and were sure that the test scores didn’t change due to the admin’s odd idea

Students walking through crowded school hallways and lanes between classes, carrying backpacks and chatting.

Red and blue lanes painted in school hallways guiding students walking between classes on a busy day.

School students walking through hallways and lanes between classes, engaging in daily school activities.

Comment praising kids and teachers for creativity in school, criticizing administrators for limiting student imagination.

Students walking and socializing in school hallways and lanes between classes during a busy day.

Student sharing a humorous comment in school hallways lanes, highlighting interaction among school students.

Students walking in busy school hallways and lanes between classes during a typical school day.

Comment discussing school hallway lanes and student traffic flow solutions in a high school building.

Students walking and socializing in busy school hallways and lanes between classes during the day

Students walking and talking in school hallways and lanes during a busy passing period between classes.

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