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Students Are Sharing Pics Of Teachers Leaning Over And Sitting In The Weirdest Positions In Class (26 Tweets)
Teachers are unsung heroes: they spend all day filling students’ minds with knowledge and all night grading papers. But there’s something else that teachers tend to do—they lean against desks in very bizarre and seemingly (un)comfortable ways.
Well, Twitter user Karla_villegas wanted to share this interesting feature with the world, so she posted a photo of her old geometry teacher leaning on a desk with his legs in a peculiar position. Twitter loved the photo, Karla’s thread went viral, and other people started sharing pics of their own teachers leaning.
Scroll down, upvote your fave leaning-teacher photos, and let us know in the comments if your teachers acted the same way, dear Pandas!
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NavyDave 5 years ago
I'm surprised no one has made any jokes about him being a geometry teacher yet.
SirPatTheCat 5 years ago
I do this (not a teacher though) It's actually pretty comfortable, like you're making your own chair lol
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Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago
I think he's following the advice of when it comes to scared pets and toddlers. Bend down to their level.
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Just another bot 5 years ago
How can he hope to be taken seriously. And that's not a nice view for the people behind him.
Karla’s thread had a whopping 378.6k likes at the time of writing and more than 28.5k people retweeted it. The amount of attention the post got just goes to show that more teachers tend to act the same way than we realized!
But why do teachers lean like this? One explanation could be that desks are positioned at a weird height and teachers have no other choice but to lean like they’re in the middle of a ballet warm-up. Another reason could be back pain.
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Daniella Rodrigues 4 years ago (edited)
This is why my teacher has a stool in the class room that she is able to move.
Cecile Desjardins 5 years ago
Teachers should have these little stools attached to your butt that were used when milking cows by hand
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Isn't this the same heel sitting teacher? Oh hang on it is knee to heel sitting..must be tired of standing
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Brandy Johnston 5 years ago
Sometimes I have to do that to stretch my legs out. After 2 back surgeries I cannot sit for long periods. And that stretch feels soooo good.
The Hufflepuff Bookworm 5 years ago
I sit like that on my sofa when I'm watching a movie. I find it impossible to sit normally at any time
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Amanda Sherland 5 years ago
Ok, that's the 3rd person I've seen in these pics doing that. Must be comfy rumfy.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
This sitting on your own hel seems to be a popular boy thing .. is that the teacher??Nah it's Simon
Teachers spend extended amounts of time standing and sitting and this can cause back problems if there’s not enough movement and variation between the two. In addition to standing, they have to keep bending down to help their students. The issue is especially prevalent among primary school teachers because the desks are far smaller.
So leaning in a weird way can be some teachers’ attempt to reduce the strain on their backs. Something else that can help protect their health is having standing or proper-sized desks for students to work at.
Choosing to sit on a high stool instead of standing for hours on end can also remove part of the strain. This upside is better back health; the downside is seeing less awesome leaning pictures on the net.
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
The cheeky kid in the class has to copy the teachers pose and get it on camera!
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Teach you look so uncomfortable, but obviously not! I wonder at the pain you might experience when you stand up straight though!! But then this is a familiar teachers stance after all.
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Setting a good example I see standing on desks after most the class has left.
Demongrrrrl 5 years ago
I would not want to be that student. He is looming over her and she looks trapped.
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juice 5 years ago
no idea...one of my teachers in middle school used to jump over/onto desks, just because he felt like it (the class loved it, of course). maybe that's the case here
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Potter 5 years ago
Ikr I do it all the time when there isn't another chair
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Bob Belcher 5 years ago
This seems to be a common pose, maybe it's more comfortable than we realize.
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Connie Martin 5 years ago
I love watching people who like this position get up. Looks so graceful and effortless. I'd have to roll onto my side and pull myself up on a chair, grunting the whole time.
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JessG 5 years ago
School's are VERY casual these days. Some teachers wear suits, but most don't
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C. Peirce Terry 5 years ago
Probably I still do this in class when I don't want to sit in a chair or stand completely because the desk is to short. It kind of makes a chair.
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Darn it another one...heel kneeling must be part of a teacher's curriculum
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
He or she is very chilled out!! Or showing the group what not to do..or to do in positions as this..
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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago
this is also a very comfy position for some people (namely me, and apparently this teacher too lmao)
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whitney sweat 5 years ago
I have seen so many pictures of this pose at this point, I decided to try it. it...hurt? not good?
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Stormy Ashes 5 years ago
Nah, the guy on the left that's actually in the photo does
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Alejandro Suarez 5 years ago
I believe we made that pose on a stretching exercise. Maybe they all are in pain.
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Dominic Santerre 5 years ago
I laughEd SO HARD when I read that, oh my god. Hahahaha my brain did a double take omg :D thank you, haven't laugh this hard in a while :D
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Drishti Pillai 5 years ago
I can't tell where the arm/legs are lol. I just see a head and one shoe.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I see the part bottom of a shoe but how his body is positioned at a loss
Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago
I see a snake with one leg. This looks too cozy. Maybe they need better glasses?
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Mishte Tine 5 years ago
My guess - teaching is a mostly standing job, and hard on the back. They don’t use available chairs because perhaps they think it would be too intimate/ diminish their authority. That’s all I’ve got.
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Popular to rest the back..but can be painful to straighten back up if held too long..
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Hans 5 years ago
In think most of them do an excellent job to literally be on eye's height with the students. bowing or squatting may not work continuously through a day, particularly for teachers with back issues.
Gin 5 years ago
Also, if they were to just bend down with their legs straight, that might lead to labeling it as inappropriate sexual behaviour in class (showing a*s off). Also, no one wants to have a teachers a*s in their faces, so these are great workarounds, and they're quite comfortable.
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Croline Lason 5 years ago
I hope these students asked for the permission before taking and publishing these (funny I admit) pics...
Blackheart 5 years ago
1. Standing and walking on a concrete floor all day is hell on you legs and back, regardless of your shoes. 2. Teachers are encouraged to be at eye level with students as much as possible.
postboredom 5 years ago
they were probably tired after standing all day.. but why are they doing acrobatics and twerking ?
Karly Codr 5 years ago
GUYS has anyone else noticed the fact that pretty much all of them are guys
Hans 5 years ago
In think most of them do an excellent job to literally be on eye's height with the students. bowing or squatting may not work continuously through a day, particularly for teachers with back issues.
Gin 5 years ago
Also, if they were to just bend down with their legs straight, that might lead to labeling it as inappropriate sexual behaviour in class (showing a*s off). Also, no one wants to have a teachers a*s in their faces, so these are great workarounds, and they're quite comfortable.
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I hope these students asked for the permission before taking and publishing these (funny I admit) pics...
Blackheart 5 years ago
1. Standing and walking on a concrete floor all day is hell on you legs and back, regardless of your shoes. 2. Teachers are encouraged to be at eye level with students as much as possible.
postboredom 5 years ago
they were probably tired after standing all day.. but why are they doing acrobatics and twerking ?
Karly Codr 5 years ago
GUYS has anyone else noticed the fact that pretty much all of them are guys
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