Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the times that teachers realized kids were gifted. Sometimes the signs are just too obvious to miss.
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Twitter user @luciedunne_ shared on her Twitter account that her mother had recently been extremely distraught about having to put their dog down. But, she was surprised to see how much her school students really do care about her. She was especially touched by a heartwarming gesture by a sweet boy called Callum who wrote her a poem that spells out her beloved dog's name, Charlie.
So what goes on on a typical day at primary school you might ask? Well thanks to Colm Cuffe we may now how our answers! Cuffe is a primary school teacher from Galway, Ireland. By day he has the fun task of educating the next generation of kids, by night an artist! Having a particular interest in animation and cartooning, Cuffe decided to combine the two things he's passionate about. Teaching and Drawing. Since September 2016, Cuffe has been working on original works and we have to say, they are hilarious! Taking his own teaching experiences and drawing them out, it's like we were actually there! Lucky for us, he posts weekly on his Facebook page 'Whens it Hometime?' and Twitter page @whensithometime.
Here are just a couple of the many comics:
Ms. Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) gives her high school students the option of submitting school appropriate memes about her, the school year and class material to present on the last day. "They usually take this opportunity to roast me, which I don't mind 😂" she said in a Tweet before sharing a selection.
Not only did he submit erotica, he submitted 10 pages of original, professional grade, high octane smut. The good stuff. We don't envy someone in a jam quite like this, but hopefully this isn't the end for our wordsmith. People have a history of sending the wrong thing to their professors, like this student who sent a bizarre cat photoinstead of an essay.
Someone on AskReddit asked for teachers to share the worst examples of "my child can do no wrong" that they've encountered in the classroom. The entitlement flowing through these parents is obnoxiously strong. These teachers must've had a truly saint-like level of patience to deal with these kinds of parents.
Via Paula Beare
Paula Beare is a math teacher from Toowoomba, Queensland, and her hand written note to Facebook has been shared over 73,000 times. The purpose of this experiment was to develop a mathematical equation for her students that tracked both likes and shares.
Well, congratulations, Paula Beare, you have become the most popular teacher in the country.
Via ABC News
Florida special ed teacher Chris Ulmer starts every class day in a very unique way.
Before any work starts, Ulmer calls each child up to the front of the classroom and compliments them.
"I love having you in my class. I think you're very funny. You're a great soccer player. Everyone in here loves you," he says at the start of a video posted on Facebook, which has gotten over 20 million views.
Ulmer runs a Facebook page for his class (with parent's permission) and has been trying to get a book published about his students.
From ABC:
Ulmer's Facebook page, Special Books by Special Kids, was created because he has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get a book published about the kids. "I have 50 rejection letters on my fridge to keep me motivated," he said. The book focuses on the story of each of the kids in his classroom and is collaboratively told by the child, his or her parents, and from Ulmer's perspective as their teacher.He's had the same kids in his class for three years and said that they've "evolved as a family. We have an understanding that comes with time that you don't naturally have."
Great job, Chris. Keep it up!
Via WishTV
This teacher has some definitely class.
(Sorry)
When a single mom in Nashville had to bring her child to class, he didn't care. When the small boy wanted to be held by him, the professor was chill AF.
It's kind of great.
Local news channel WishTV has the story:
Amanda Osbon studies at DeVry University, located in south Nashville, and didn't have a choice but to take her son to class on Monday.
She told WKRN-TV her son, who is almost 2 years old, got up during class and wanted to be held by the professor.
Professor Joel Bunkowske, who Osbon says "was amazing, patient and kind," didn't skip a beat.
He picked up little Xzavier and continued to teach his class.
"Most of us in the class are parents, so everyone was very understanding that he was there," Osbon wrote..
She admitted it was embarrassing at first until Professor Bunkowske noted that everyone struggles, and that's OK.
He certainly beats yesterday's teacher who called a four-year-old evil for writing with his left hand.
So, well done.
Via Antsped
Kids, just don't drink and email. It's as simple as that.
You would surely not be lucky as lucky as Patrick Davidson here. He went out for a night and had more than a few drinks it seemed. Then, he decided the best thing to do was to acknowledge how hungover he would be to his teacher and ask for an extension on a paper.
Antsped shared the (hopefully real) email on Imgur. It is beautiful.
Where it really gets good is Mr. Martin's response, which is thoughtful, funny and kind enough to actually grant poor Mr. Davidson that extension he so deserves.
Now, even though everything looks like it worked out for the best, students should really take heed and not email their teachers while drunk.
Or, actually, you know what? Yeah, go ahead and do it! We'll have more gems like this in our life and most will surely not end half as well.
Good yard, everyone.
Via AT7
You could describe this as one epic fail.
Irwin Horwitz couldn’t deal with the rude, incompetent students in his Strategic Management class anymore, so he gave them all an “F” and got the F out of there.
“I finally reached a breaking point,” the Texas A&M professor told KPRC News. “It became apparent that they couldn’t do some of the most simple and basic things they should have been able to do.”
He sent a nasty email to all of the students, informing them of his decision and calling them out for cheating, making fun of him and just having a general disrespect for the class.
He claims one of them even called him a “f-cking moron” to his face.
Part of the message via Inside Higher Ed:
None of you, in my opinion, given the behavior in this class, deserve to pass, or graduate to become an Aggie, as you do not in any way embody the honor that the university holds graduates should have within their personal character. It is thus for these reasons why I am officially walking away from this course. I am frankly and completely disgusted. You all lack the honor and maturity to live up to the standards that Texas A&M holds, and the competence and/or desire to do the quality work necessary to pass the course just on a grade level…. I will no longer be teaching the course, and all are being awarded a failing grade.
While many of the allegations are being investigated, the school said that their grades will be re-evaluated.
“No student who passes the class academically will be failed. That is the only right thing to do,” a spokesperson told Inside Higher Ed.
