30 People Share Painfully Awkward Moments They Witnessed In School

That's not even embarrassing. I feel bad for you.

That's not embarrasing, that's sad

No embarrassment what’s so ever. RIP 🪦 uso

That was on her, not you. Hopefully the little bully learned her lesson.

I've had the same issue 😞

This is way more complicated for me to lol.

“Hey, why do you only ever use one hand in class?” “Um…”

Happy endings all around.

In the middle of class?

Internalised homophobia

Point taken.

I was seventeen when a teacher denied me to go to the toilet once. I went to the sink in the classroom saying 'fine, no problem, I'll use the sink then'. Did not reach the sink before I was sent out off the classroom.

1st grade. Asked to go to the bathroom. Mrs. H., of course, wouldn't allow it. Minutes turn to hours, and I realize that, if I wouldn't go now, going would be pointless, because I couldn't anymore. So I get up to just leave without startling her, so she couldn't physically hinder me (she did that before to numerous boys - girls always were allowed out...), but some stupid classmate, we'll call it XYZ, screamed "Mrs. H. said you're not allowed, so..." (german, that was ..." Frau H_____ hat gesagt Du darfst nicht, AAALLLLSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!"), grabbed my arm and held me. I shook lose, in the process pushed him SLIGHTLY back into his chair, he sits down and start to scream-cry. Mrs. H. then got into it - she analyzed it on the spot: "You didn't get it your ways, so you acted out on poor XYZ!", and that AH kept crying. Then, I finally got rid of the reason to go to the bathroom, but got a reason to go home, and a reason to be laughed at. "Serves you right!", she said. Of course, this led to my parents being really pissed, we had a talk with the teacher, the principal and the parents of XYZ, who, by the way, looked like stupidity is literally dripping out their faces, and it was downplayed, doubted and, generally, I was one of the more guilty students (first, but not nearly only, reason was my genitals - I wasn't a girl and had so called "bad handwriting", which is a story for elsewhen, so she kinda took the blame just enough to not get in trouble herself, and children tell a lot of stories and make stuff up and so on ... yeah, school was great. Within two weeks, I went from curious to learn and the fear of not understanding stuff to not caring about it anymore, but disrupt the shidshow whenever possible. Wasn't the greatest of decisions ... was it a decision at all? Anyway ... just pissing myself and then crying would have worked better.

He asserted dominance

The one constant in the education system since at least I was a kid, is teachers having some weird power trip about bathrooms. Just let the kid go. I just wish the teacher was the one who had to clean it up.

I had a (singular) teacher back then who treated us like actual real people, so his bathroom policy was "just go with as little interruption to class as possibe", kind of like, y'know, how actual real people are treated. His classes, strangely enough, had the best attendance record. I'm trying to make a connection here, can somebody help me?

I've told my kid if it's an actual emergency and you're not being let out, just walk out. Just know that you'll have to explain why and that there might be consequences no matter the explanation. But she's not in prison

Well, I was the kind of kid who would (and did) just got up and walked out of the room anyway. Go ahead, take me to the principals office. Geez, supposed adult, let the kids go to the damn bathroom! Get your power trip somewhere else.

I‘ve had severe bladder issues since I was a kid so this concept always frightened me and gave anxiety when asking. But I was always the well-behaved kid and with a sort of ‘note’ to all my teachers I was able to just walk out. And often one of my classmates with SEVERE OCD was out in the halls, late, because she had to count things specifically on her walk so I was often given grace for being late or taking a long break since I would help her to class/office/wherever she needed. She was very sweet. ❤️ So yeah I guess I got lucky with my experience even if I had anxiety over it.

I'll never forget in high school, on the first day of freshman year, my period started RIGHT as the first class after lunch started. The teacher let me go but said I needed to plan better in the future. I was so embarrassed that it's been over a decade and I still remember it. I get that lots of kids are screwing around, but don't assume they're doing something wrong if they haven't given you any reason to.

She should have owned up to it.

When teachers don't realize that one of the most important things they teach is how to deal with making mistakes.

I had a science teacher who insisted his test answers were correct. My, then, 12 year old self quite loudly disagreed and got into an argument with him, where I eventually yelled that he needed to check the textbook. He wrote up a discipline slip and threatened to send me to the principals office; still quite defiant, I told him that I would happily go and that I would take the book and prove to the principal that he was an idiot. Two class periods later, (about 3 hours), I get a note from the teacher telling me that I was right, but that he would appreciate if next time I disagreed with him, I would do it quietly at his desk. To this day, I still remember thinking that if he had only listened the first time we would never have gotten into an argument, and I wouldn't have embarrassed him in front of everyone. On the plus side, for the rest of the year, in my class, he always checked any answer that someone challenged!

Probably wasn't the only student whose grade she messed up...

I had too many power tripping teachers. It made the good ones stand out even more. Many were protected by tenure or because they were also successful athletic coaches. Educating was an onus to the deadbeats. I sat through many classes where coaches talked strategy with football, chess, basketball, wrestling, and speech teams.

Taking a college exam and the class room was completely silent. The plastic chair I was sitting in acted as an amplifier for an already loud nervous fart. My best friend was in the chair behind me and I don't know if I was more embarrassed or pleased with the involuntary prank. Not a word followed the roar from my chair.

My shoulders are shaking with laughter now, too:))

I would've laughed about it all day, then proceed to stare at the ceiling all night long

My ex did this. We were in bed and his fart woke him up. He looked at me, offended, and asked why I hit him (I absolutely had not) 🤣

Oh, the short skirts were the reason she farted so loud?

O god, I just died laughing! Poor dude! Why did the kids have to wear this? Pubertants dancing close in ballett gowns is a sure way for an errection!