Teachers Gone Wild: 30 Craziest Things Ever Said In Class

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She only became a teacher because the Spanish I*********n wasn't hiring. Seriously? BP is censoring I N Q U I S I T I O N?

My eyesight stated getting progressively worse in 8th grade, so I moved to the front of the class to see the board better. That only helped for a while, and eventually I could hardly see the board at all. A teacher noticed what was happening and took me to the principle's office so they could call my mom and make arrangements for an eye exam. Got glasses two days later. I'll always be grateful to the teacher who took the time to help me.

My husband and I do not have vision coverage through our insurance. It costs about $1500 for his glasses and contacts with our self paid vision. He should have an upgrade every year but we can't afford that now that I hit 50's and need glasses. How do people get eye care and glasses for kids in the USA when it's not covered under medical? Both my husband and i were lucky as kids because our dads were union workers and we had everything covered. Trust me, we were not rich. Looking back there were xmas and other holidays that weren't like other people's.

I always give extra support to students that I can tell are having a more difficult time at home. That could be financial, emotional or whatever. You can usually tell. I can’t imagine ever being cruel to a child. Even though this was obviously years ago, I can still feel this persons pain in their writing. I’m so sorry they went through this.

I (teacher) sincerely apologise for all the absolutely horrific teachers I read about here. Some people are just not meant to be in that profession.

My teacher husband would absolutely riot if he witnessed anyone treating kids like this. This is not the way.

I was the kid who got sent to the office for not complying.

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That sounds awful for a child... as an adult working in an office, I could go for a day like this.

This had to be in America where nobody is big on world geography.

No, Chads are in Florida. They were those little squares of paper messing up the ballots being processed in 2000.

I got in trouble at age 6 for drawing a realistic cow with an udder. My teacher was horrified and scolded me and made me go sit in the corner for the rest of the day. My mother got called in and we sat with the teacher, who produced the (rather good) drawing and demanded, "Where is you child learning these nasty things?!" My mother -- who grew up on a farm -- looked at the drawing, looked at the teacher, and then said "What's wrong with you? Haven't you ever seen a cow before? Where do you think cow's milk comes from?" She went to complain to the principal for having her time wasted and for me having a teacher too stupid to know what a cow's udder is. One of the best (and few) early school experiences ever.

I wonder what would have happened, had you told them that it's next door to N***r.

Chad is the perfect beach holiday destination. First you have Lake Chad, and the rest of the country is beach

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I had a customer that told me "I should go back to where I came from" when I worked in retail. He had a distinctive Russian accent. I grew up in Australia, so I have an Australian accent (surprise!), and proceeded to tell him where to go; I think my response was "go back to Russia and don't come back here. How long have you been here? I've lived here all my life." (For the record, I'm adopted from South Korea. So obviously I don't *look* traditionally Aussie. But when I open my mouth, yeah, I'm as Aussie bogan as they come.) His wife apologised to me for her racist husband. I forgave, but I don't forget. People that use the “you should go back to where you came from" deserve a special place in hell as far as I'm concerned.

I had a lot of experiences like this going to school in the United States as an immigrant. Nobody ever told me to "go back where I came from" (at least none of the teachers, though plenty of the parents). But I did hear a lot of "well you won't be able to understand this level of math". And "this will be too complicated for you because you don't speak English" (I very much did speak English). FWIW, I am now a research software engineer in the field of Machine Learning. I had a teacher accuse me of cheating on a standardized test because "I'm sorry but nobody from there is going to do that well on the SATs". I was forced to retake the SATs in a room by myself being watched by a panel, and ended up scoring higher than my original score. D*cks. I'm a Brazilian btw, but most of my teachers called me one of Mexican, Puerto Rican, or El Salvadorian, depending on which group they had mostly heard about.

If the teacher is white she probably has ancestors who came to Australia from the UK, or some other European country. What right does she have to tell anyone to "go back where they came from?" None. Australia is exactly like the usa in this aspect, everyone is a descendant of an immigrant unless they're part of the indigenous populations.

"What it means to be an Australian" sounds like a more imaginative topic to write on if you're not one. Of course, if you are an Australian, a maximum length must be strictly enforced.

My son's kindergarten teacher sent him home with notes saying how ill behaved he was. We moved & changed schools. A few weeks later, I told his new teacher what his old teacher said. She was shocked & said he was the most well behaved child in her class. My son had red hair. New teacher said some teachers just pick on a kid for something they can't help.

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Why are these people even teachers??

All important adults in your life failed you. I'm sorry

This is a tough thread. I want to down vote for the sheer ignorance and cruelty laid bare, but I also want to upvote for people sharing these very harrowing experiences. And, I don't want to comment every time. Thank you everyone for sharing.

We definitely had a large number of teachers in my Catholic primary school who chose to ignore those of us showing obvious signed of abuse and neglect.

"if you were any good at your job I might have a chance"

I told my 5th grade teacher that I was going to write a book and she literally busted out laughing and walked away. I'm still pissed 21 years later.

I had always wanted to be a veterinarian. I was told when I was 14 I wouldn't get the grades so work towards something else. So I stopped caring.

Drawing and drafting are very much different skills. I can make a map and that transfers well to fixing sewing patterns. My drawing is limited to single dimension stick figures.

In Junior High, US, the shop teacher got into a knock down drag out with one of my male school friends. It spilled out onto the outside school grounds with kids surrounding them while they fought. It was traumatic.

Ew, who would marry, let alone impregnate such an awful person?

We (teachers) have a duty of care, so this is pure negligence and said teacher should be fired.

Illegal? Right??