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Article created by: Austėja Akavickaitė

You might not realize it, but teachers are people, too! [Overly dramatic gasp!] We know, we know, it’s a shocking revelation, isn’t it? The fact of the matter is that the people who taught us in school (and are teaching your kids right now) have far more in common with us than it appears. Oh, they might appear strict, but they’ve got a sense of humor, too!

The teachers of Reddit banded together to share some truly hilarious tales in a fun and entertaining thread on r/AskReddit. User u/Grouchy_Factor asked them to share some stories about the times they had to discipline their students for inappropriate comments or behavior, but they secretly thought that they were being hilarious.

Check out these teachers’ awesome posts below, and upvote the ones that made you chuckle, dear Pandas. Do you have any similar stories to tell? Do you work in education? We’d love to hear from you. If you have a moment, pop down by the comment section and share your thoughts with everyone.

Bored Panda got in touch with the author of the thread, u/Grouchy_Factor. They told us about the inspiration for the thread, and shared a couple of absolutely hilarious stories from their own school days that had us giggling in our coffee mugs. Read on to see what they had to say.

#1

Smiling young student outdoors showing a joyful expression related to inappropriate things teachers found hilarious from students South Indian immigrant kid. Strong accent. Kids were riffing "yo momma" jokes. Kid hems and haws and gets everyone's attention, then drops: "I, too, would make fun of your mother, excepting that cows are sacred in my culture."

thereprbate , Nehal Patel Report

Binky Melnik
Community Member
5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m imagining the little boy in the photo saying that, and it makes it extra-hilarious because he looks so respectful and polite. 😆 In my experience (and I’ve had a lot), most Indians new to English wouldn't use “I, too,” which multiplies my laughter!

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    #2

    Colorful pencils in a wooden holder representing teachers and students with funny and inappropriate classroom moments. I had a limited number of pencils to give out so I grabbed a handful of colored pencils and told kids they could use them if they needed to. The one black student looked at me and said "oh sure, giving me the COLORED pencil again" We both burst out laughing, pro tip kids if the teacher laughs then you're going to get away with it

    Badloss , Markus Spiske Report

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    #3

    Hands holding a humorous sticker featuring a caricature of a sandwich with glasses, relating to inappropriate student behavior teachers found hilarious. Kid printed 1000 copies of Danny Devito photoshopped into a chip and labeled "Danny Dorito" and taped copies of it everyyyyyywhere

    Riot55 , JIMMYJAMBOOMBAM Report

    #4

    Young student with curly hair and a yellow shirt making a funny face, illustrating inappropriate things students did teachers found hilarious. My wife is a teacher and had to tell off a group of her kids for consistently calling another kid Karen (not her name). Problem is, the kid in question is definitely a Karen and my wife secretly thinks its hilarious.

    toomunchkin , greg westfall Report

    #5

    Close-up of fresh spinach leaves in a white bowl, highlighting natural green textures and healthy vegetables. Kindergartener shoved her hand into the spinach at the salad line in lunch, held it up and shouted, "leafs is for sheep!" Before throwing it in the ground in disgust. I had to walk away while another teacher scolded her for wasting food because I couldn't keep a straight face.

    sonomamayana , Jacqueline Howell Report

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone has a dumb parent (or two).

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    #6

    Close-up of a person in a striped shirt laughing, illustrating teachers finding inappropriate student behavior secretly hilarious. First day of school, I'm learning names of my freshmen and taking attendance. I get to one of my last students and his name is a little challenging to pronounce. I give it a shot and ask how I did. He responds in a very flamboyantly, stereotypically gay voice: "Umm... that's fine but I don't want to be called that." Me: "Okay, what would you like to be called?" "Why don't you call me...Daddy"

    hannaman42 , Karolina Grabowska Report

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m thinking a gay freshman mightta said “Call me by your name.” (Though perhaps he, like I, have never been able to ascertain what the hell that means!) (Unless there’s no secret meaning, and it means what it says? So that if I say that to Bob, I’m telling him to call me “Bob”? Why would I do that?) (I admit that I only ever got halfway through the movie. I just made myself a note to watch the whole damned thing in case the phrase is explained in it.)

    #7

    Students behaving in an inappropriate but hilarious way during a classroom session with attentive peers and a teacher. Had to discipline a student for getting a whole class to sing Stacy's Mom to a pupil called Stacy. Which was really, really funny.

    Gazcobain , Max Fischer Report

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never having heard it, I looked up the lyrics and found out it was inspired by the songwriter’s friend being attracted to songwriter’s GRANDmother. 😳 If everyone involved had a kid at 16, and if the friend is 16, that means Granny’s 48. The number just goes up from there if mom and Granny did NOT have their kids that early! (Yes, of course I’ve seen some hot-as-hell grandmas, but I could prolly count the number of ‘em on all of my fingers and two of yours.)

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    #8

    Close-up of a laughing child outdoors, capturing the innocent humor of inappropriate things students did teachers found hilarious. I teach 7/8 year olds at the minute. At lunch time I overheard Child A say to Child B that they can't eat something because they have a nut allergy, then Child C comes in with the comment "but are you allergic to THESE NUTS?" as he cups his balls/pants. I had to give out to him of course, but I was laughing on the inside! As the child was in tears for getting in trouble haha.

    NostalgicDreaming , Amanda Sofia Pellenz Report

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