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This Teacher’s Comics Offer A Humorous Look At The Struggles Of Teaching (30 New Pics)
Interview With Artist
Mojo Rose, the artist behind Summers Off Comics, creates funny and relatable webcomics about the life of a teacher. She started making these comics in 2013 while getting her teaching credential, turning her tired thoughts into a popular Instagram account with over 35K followers.
Her comics capture the everyday ups and downs of teaching, connecting with other teachers, parents, and students. With her humorous take on the challenges and joys of being a teacher, the artist is doing her best to bring laughter and as well as understanding about what it's like being a teacher.
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
every teacher i've had since 5th grade was either slightly taller than me, around the same height as me, or short. my mom says that its because mexicans are not known for being very tall and since i'm mixed(mexican, spanish, pima native american, african, possible french, and a bunch of others that we probably dont know about), i ended up being TALL(5'7 1/2 according to my last measurement), and its why everyone in my school full of 87% hispanic people is short in my vision. kinda funny how different ethnicities can determine how tall you'll be
Celesta 1 year ago
My 11yo daughter is already 5'2, and has been as tall as (1st and 3rd) or taller (2nd) than all her teachers (Covid screwed with her start of school). She is already almost as tall as me. Apparently she inherited the recessive "giant" gene along with her red hair
Load More Replies...Just like last time, Bored Panda reached out to Mojo Rose, the artist behind Summers Off Comics, who creates funny and relatable webcomics about the life of a teacher.
When asked about what inspired her to start creating comics about her experiences as a teacher, Mojo Rose explained, "I started making comics about being a teacher as I was learning to become one. My credentialing program was no joke, and to be honest, I had never worked with kids before (it turns out I like them. Thank God that worked out), so to process everything that was going on, I drew little one-panel comics about my time as a student teacher. As I spent more and more time in the classroom, I really saw the joy, chaos, and frustration of being a teacher, and I wanted to distill it into a comic that could relate to other teachers. At the time, it didn't seem like there was much of a conversation about what classrooms were actually like."
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Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
Make a life sized doll that looks like her, bring it to school, and when she needs a hug, hug the doll in front her. That should fix it.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
That was the worst of the Corona time, not being allowed to hug a weeping child who clearly needed it.
Discussing how she comes up with ideas for her comics and whether they are based on real-life situations encountered in the classroom, she shared, "Some of the comics are 100% real-life events. I found it's actually rather hard to base all the jokes on what actually happens in the classroom. Even though there are plenty of moments worth laughing at, most of them have a 'you had to be there' quality to them. I would say that a good portion of the comics are really just whatever anxieties or frustrations I have, and it does help to point out the ridiculousness of it."
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When asked about the most surprising or rewarding feedback she has received from her followers, the artist revealed, "I have gotten so much support over the years! Some of the best feedback I've gotten has been teachers telling me that they post my comics in the break room at their school or that my comics are very 'real.' I did get a comment once on a comic about burnout. I think this was during Covid, and someone had said thanks because they were beating themselves up for the mistakes they were making, and seeing my comic about the same thing gave them relief. Those kinds of comments mean the most."
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
smart kiddos. the teacher is probably gonna have some explaining to do and explain to their parents why the girls came home with a badly done pixie cut lol
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Me Oh My (He/They) 1 year ago
I hated teachers like these. Like, no, I can't just tell you stuff like that. I don't want to be sent to the counselor, ma'am/sir.
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
yeah, those kinds of teachers are the worst, like, what do you expect when you tell a kid to draw a time that made them feel powerless. also i love the pfp you have there. the duck looks like it wants to boop me lol
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Raven Hayden Rudnik 1 year ago
I was on a queer Workshops and well everyone was queer there. We were supposed to write about something traumatic. Dont remember exactly but well, maybe not the best task. And it was only 20 min writing! The idea of the task would be good for therapy but not for Workshops
Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
This Art teacher somehow remembers me the Art teacher from the movie Ghost World.
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
on a unrelated note, i now have inspiration for something for me to draw
Balancing her time between teaching and creating new content for Summers Off Comics was another topic of interest. Mojo Rose admitted, "It was difficult, for sure, to balance teaching and making a comic. At least twice a week was dedicated to actually making the final comic, but I would need to carve out time to sketch, refine ideas, restructure pacing, or just blurt everything out into my notebook. Somehow, each comic takes between 3-6 hours to create (depending on how complex it is), so it was like doing two jobs at once. Some nights I was up past midnight to make sure that a comic was ready to be posted the next day so Daddy Algorithm would be kind to me. It was really tough, but I'm proud of the world that's been developed."
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Brenda 1 year ago
My sister was a teacher and administrator in a very low income district. She regularly kept feminine hygiene items, socks, snacks (mostly protein bars, fruit snacks, etc), other things for students. As a bargain shopper, I sent care packages to her with: School Supplies - pens, pencils, notebooks, markers, paper, glue/glue sticks, crayons, colored pencils, etc. As well as: shampoo/conditioner, bodywash, combs/brushes, deodorant, feminine hygiene items, etc. Her students knew all they had to was ask for something and they would get it if she had it.
LordNorros 1 year ago
That's a really awesome thing to do! I do wish it wasn't necessary though.
Load More Replies... Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago (edited)
And then that's the same teacher with the Superhero T-shirt... the parent that gave the T-shirt was on point
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flower petals 1 year ago
Bezos and Muskrat had a juvenile rocket measuring competition in space 🙃
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Finally, we asked the artist what advice she would give to other teachers who are looking to express their creativity or share their experiences online. She thoughtfully advised, "Oh man, this is a hard one. I've typed out and erased so many possible answers, but ultimately I would say to trust yourself. Isn't that cheesy? You could have googled a quote better than that. But this is what I mean: time is precious, and we lose it in the blackhole of school work, so you need to trust yourself to reinvest that time into you and your art. Set a schedule and stick to it, no matter how much you really just don't feel like it, knowing that you are building something that's important to you. Trust yourself that it's worthwhile. Trust yourself that you deserve it."
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Marno C. 1 year ago
In short, a good teacher has a magic wand, a hundred hands, and the ability to bend time and space to their will.
Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
So a good teacher is an Indian God? That explains a lot 🤔
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Me Oh My (He/They) 1 year ago
Yeah, good luck working around that. Signed, someone with anxiety.
Celesta 1 year ago
Yeah, maybe DON'T respond by basically blaming her for feeling bad. Literally tons of better cliche platitudes she could have used. "Hurt people hurt people" "Sometimes people direct their own insecurities on others" or even "Sibling suck, but eventually they usually suck less"
Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
Sounds like someone with borderline syndrome on the depression phase (I date one for awhile).
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Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
Never told your employer that the job is easy-peasy. Never end the task before the estimated deadline.
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QueenKittyCat 1 year ago
took me a while to figure out why the students had things tied behind their head. Followed by why Teacher was flustered.
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Dark Pearl 1 year ago
the third one though, a lot of boys in my school don't shower and you can tell, they stink
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Celesta 1 year ago
Yeah, just bc a kid doesn't regurgitate the information verbatim doesn't make it less correct. At least this way she knows the kid actually understands the concept
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Tim Douglass 1 year ago
But.. The Grand Canyon was actually formed when Paul Bunyan, crossing the hot Arizona desert, got tired and dragged his axe behind him. Trust me. I read it in a book.
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Michelle C 1 year ago
My district did casual Fridays for teachers when I was growing up; to my knowledge, that is still in force.
QueenKittyCat 1 year ago
I expected them to be dressed like the students as I've seen other teachers do one day a year.
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Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
You are supers, just not bi/millionaire supers. Think of Spiderman or Luke Cage, for example.
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Pug person 1 year ago
My favorite banner was 4th grade and my favorite grade was 4th grade, i love 4th grade
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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 year ago
why is pineapple pizza one of those debates that people fight about? like, yeah sure, i'm not much of a fan of pineapple pizza, but i don't go hating on people because of it! i feel like these debates are kinda silly tbh. besides, no matter what i say, i will still anger some people, so why bother picking a side? why cant i be neutral about these things?
Penguin Panda Pop 1 year ago
You can be neutral about these things. I fully support and also don't support your right to be neutral.
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flower petals 1 year ago
As a former teacher, I think these situations are difficult. Where do you draw the line when it comes to asserting your rights to teach and guide the child? If a dismissive parent gets too provoked, they might withdraw the child from school completely and homeschool them instead. Homeschooling has been showed to be inadequate in terms of the child’s ability to grow up to be someone who can adequately function in and navigate their way through society.
Celesta 1 year ago
With my daughter it was(still IS) absolute overreach. She has occasional DECAF coffee bc she thinks it helps her (shes AutADHD, if it makes her THINK anything is easier to process, I do not care). Teacher scolded her (note1 she doesn't drink it at school, only mentioned it, 2. I had already explained it was decaf and why) and said decaf is worse than regular coffee. Funny how NONE of her actual medically certified care team has a problem with it. Then the teacher started in on her having water enhancers (even dye free) bc, again, she's autistic with sensory issues and plain tepid water is a hard no, but add an electrolyte packet (which is also good her health issues) and she can tolerate it. Teacher actually said its worse than her not having water at all.
Load More Replies... Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago
As a Brazilian, I don't understand this. We drink extra strong coffee here everyday, and we don't end like this...
Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
Because Frappuccinos are mainly made out of sugar...
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Alex Boyd 1 year ago
Yeah, I have to side with the kid on this one. After thinking it through, I guess she wanted him to apologize, but in order to get there, I had to think through all the ways gum can be removed from hair, and figure out that none of them are something it makes sense to tell a kid to do for another kid.
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SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago (edited)
how to be the favourite teacher: tip 1, let them read a book with profanity in it, teens love that sh*t
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flower petals 1 year ago
If they can do the school work from another spot, let them occasionally sit where they want. Many of them will spend their work lives behind a desk anyway..
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