"Telling A Teacher How To Pronounce My Name" And 29 Other Deeply Ridiculous Reasons People Got In Trouble At School
Even if you avoid confrontation like the plague, everyone has gotten in trouble at least once in school — and often for goofy reasons. Personally, I was a lanky child, and teachers were quick to measure the length of my shorts versus my fingertips. So, I couldn't help but spend an hour scrolling when I saw Twitter user @RachaelvsWorld ask: "What's the dumbest thing you got in trouble at school for?"
what’s the dumbest thing you got in trouble at school for?
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I wore trousers instead of a skirt and got detention
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Had braids w some pink pieces in them, I’d had them before so I didn’t think it would be a problem They told me to take them out. Long story short I had to wait for my mom to help me take them out, she told them she couldn’t before a certain day, so they suspended me. https://t.co/hC4MZYSUtl
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i used to bring in my extra erasers and pencils and sell them for a quarter each in elementary school. haters. i was making money moves https://t.co/dgGjbTEQmi
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Reading ahead. We were assigned a book I had already read so I would rip through the quizzes. The teacher apparently meant to use them to trick the class. When she figure out I always knew the answers she accused me of cheating. https://t.co/3KgxtHtBvc
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@RachaelvsWorld Standing in a puddle on one leg pretending to be a flamingo. Got detention after school.
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@RachaelvsWorld I was marked down a grade because a small piece of my hair was stuck under a piece of scotch tape on a paper. Teacher said I needed better attention to detail.
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Wearing a tank top… https://t.co/jD4vwYIf8E
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Said something to my friend in Urdu. Teacher heard me and fined me for not speaking in English. I told her, that I only have lunch money, I'll pay the fine tomorrow, she said no🤡🤡So I gave her the money and stayed hungry all day. I was in class 3 https://t.co/GGAY6ojkkh
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Our teacher screamed at our whole class saying we were acting like animals and I asked which animal https://t.co/uxZjwM5cAz
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@RachaelvsWorld I got in trouble for wearing excessive makeup… while walking from the bathroom where I put it on to the theater classroom where I had to deliver a performance piece for a final grade in costume and makeup as required by the assignment.
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Telling a teacher how to properly pronounce my name https://t.co/dtrfHcjdGN
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@RachaelvsWorld My kid got in trouble for wearing a mask to school in March, 2020.
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on my first day of school in the US i got detention for not saying the pledge of allegiance, because i didn’t know what it was and i was genuinely terrified when everyone started saying it https://t.co/Ad3HMHkld5
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Wearing lip gloss (went to a catholic school in the Caribbean) https://t.co/0gYvIgfRe5
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@RachaelvsWorld I asked another teacher to help me understand an algebra problem once, and the algebra teacher that couldn't explain it well got mad and gave me a full day of detention.
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Got detention for calling Henry VIII a “raging misogynist” https://t.co/N6xRN20XSv
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@RachaelvsWorld I was walking to the bathroom and noticed there’s water leaking everywhere. I told the janitor and he accused me of violently kicking the toilet and flipped out on me for breaking multiple toilets. Principal was called and I got a write up. I had NOTHING to do with it 😭😂
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Mine has to be siesta. Why are you pissed at me because I'm not feeling sleepy by 2pm in the afternoon? https://t.co/UuGHODEiv5
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In grad school a professor accused me and another Black student of not paying attention because we were taking notes on our macs.She had egg on her face when we asked why she didn’t accuse the students literally on they phones in class https://t.co/vKXq23VD99
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@RachaelvsWorld & i went to confront the teacher, who then made me define all the “big words” she circled in red on my paper. i defined them through tears, and she responded, agape: “how do you know all these words? aren’t you ESL?!”
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My mom is half Indigenous & taught me the truth before I went to school. In 2nd grade the teacher said Columbus "discovered" America. I questioned her about it & was sent to the office, when they called my mom she chewed them out & I was sent back to class 😆 https://t.co/6sfP53Ne3X
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@RachaelvsWorld Got kicked out of a practical drama lesson for not bringing a pen
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my coach left me and 2 of my teammates at a track meet because we needed to use the bathroom and got mad when we caught a ride with the boys bus https://t.co/C1OTvt2LhM
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@RachaelvsWorld I was once thrown out of my first class at a new school, with no explanation given, just sudden rage and a stabbed finger at the door telling me to get out. 2 minutes later I was asked back in. Turns out the teacher had thought my posh accent was being faked to make fun of him!
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I wrote Hannah Montana's song lyrics at the back of my mock exam paper😭💀 my teacher saw me and deducted 10 marks😂 https://t.co/zNiZhUH2yi
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@RachaelvsWorld Saying I was my correct age and the teacher told me to stop lying because she thought I was someone else 🥲
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The only time I got called to the principal's office of my Catholic elementary school was for taking a fiction book of stories about witches out of their library twice in a row, and they were "concerned about my interest in witchcraft."My mom thought that was WILDLY stupid. https://t.co/JfBdimw0F6
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@CourtyardBrew @RachaelvsWorld Speaking Spanish here in the United States in the classroom, I got swatted with a long ruler across my hands 🙌🏽 for it.
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Wearing a crossbody bag in high school. My assistant principal stared at my chest while telling me I should consider how distracting they are and not to do it again. https://t.co/AeoaZR878J
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@RachaelvsWorld Me: [raises hand]English Teacher: "I saw that!"Me: "I... that was the point? I raised my hand."ET: "Don't get smart with me."Me: "Sorry, sir, but I just raised my hand to ask a question."ET: "That's it. Back of the class. Referral. If I hear another word from you..."
