People Are Sharing Things Teachers Have Said That Were Totally Unexpected, And You'll Probably Be Surprised By A Few Of These
This post contains discussion of sexual assault, mental health issues, and body image issues.
Listen, there's lots of great teachers out there. There's also plenty of teachers who do and say things that are...not quite right.
U/Sudden-Somewhere-368 recently asked the people of Reddit, "What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever heard a teacher say in class??" Who says education isn't full of surprises:
1."5th grade teacher: 'Mount Whitney in California is the tallest mountain in the world.' 5th grade me blurts out: 'No, it isn't, Mount Everest is. Whitney is not even the tallest mountain in the USA, which is Mount McKinley in Alaska.' I got in trouble for 'Contradicting the teacher.'"
—u/gtmattz
2."Female health teacher told us men couldn't be raped. We then had to go through magazines that she provided to show examples of companies trying to use sex to sell products. The first magazine I opened had an article about a lady that caught some guy in Russia while he was breaking into a building. She tied him up, force-fed Viagra to him, and raped him for over a week before letting him go."
—u/Jabber-Jaw
3."I had a literature teacher who told the class that he didn't believe in dinosaurs, because the universe is only a couple thousand years old, and that the bones were put there by Satan. Thank fuck he wasn't a science or history teacher."
4."4th-grade teacher leaned down to the girl a couple seats over during the slavery section in our history book and said to her, 'In this time, they would've called you a n*****.' I told my parents about this, and nobody believed me."
—u/drowned1ng
5."High school science teacher told my class that a kilometer was longer than a mile. Refused to budge when refuted and kicked out several students for doing so."
6."Had the head of the department in college claim in class that anyone who actually needs accommodations for mental health issues should not be in college to begin with. This was while we were discussing Death of a Salesman, and the discussion had veered over to unhealthy pressure and social standards for success."
7."I had a teacher ridicule a fat kid about his lunch choices in front of the whole class. He ran out crying as she was making gestures and telling him he was going to be huge as an adult."
—u/SnooOwls5859
8."My English teacher told us that he genuinely believes that the Rothschilds own a hotel for aliens in the Bermuda triangle..."
—u/TroyLear77
9."'Hey, dumbass, you were the one who asked me about this, so why don't you stop talking to your friend and pay attention.' It was me. I was the teacher. I got in trouble for calling the kid a dumbass."
10."My 7th-grade science class was watching a documentary about desert wildlife. A large female dung beetle was being chased by three or four smaller males. Many of the kids were gasping and giggling. The teacher's response to the kids: 'I think it's kinda kinky.' The room went silent."
—u/JugOfVoodoo
11."My 7th-grade teacher blocked the projector when the nature documentary we watched showed squirrels mating."
—u/OrangeTree81
12."My religious studies teacher said, 'Jesus didn't hate money lenders, he was just angry that as king of kings, he didn't get his cut.'"
—u/WimbleWimble
13."'You won't have a calculator with you at all times.'"
—u/MellowMasher
14."A teacher in elementary school claimed during history class that the Colosseum was in Greece. As an Italian kid, I was very confused."
—u/Spascucci
15."Teacher walked into the class adjusting his belt as he said 'Kids, I've got something to show you.' For a second, we all low-key thought he was getting it out!"
—u/Tygrimus
16."I had a teacher walk into class one day and say to a group of girls, 'Is that a banana in my pocket, or am I just pleased to see you?' Then, he pulled out a banana! We all took it as the joke it was intended to be, but he might not have gotten away with that if he said it nowadays!"
—u/TankFoster
17."'Wouldn't that be so wild! It would be awesome.' This was in regards to the Lockerbie terrorist plane bombing, as passengers were falling 30,000 feet to the ground."
18."A teacher in freshman year of high school once called a kid a sexy beast. I don't remember the context of the comment, but it was really fucking weird considering she was, like, 50 and he was 14."
Agree? Disagree? Have your own additions? See you in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
