Teachers Share The Worst Thing A Student Has Ever Said To Them

What a bleak outlook.

That it was pointless for them to do any work because people like them never did anything good with their lives and they were ever going to be able to achieve anything good.

everythingscatter

That breaks my heart, if they honestly believe it.

bookluvr83

As an educator, kids come to you with all kind of beliefs. My job is to help them build a different understanding of the world around them.

everythingscatter

There are some sickos out there.

That she was actively trying to get pregnant with her 20-something year old boyfriend. And that her parents liked him and wanted her to get pregnant because he had a good job. She wanted a baby to love. I was subbing in a seventh grade class.

Had to make a few CPS calls for that.

battleborn5

Damn. I was thinking maybe junior or senior in high school, and that's bad enough. But seventh grade??? So glad you did your job and reported it!!!

puppynebula

Talk about a low blow...

I'm a student, but this is what I heard once, a girl asking the bio teacher 'how many miscarriages will it take before you finally have a baby?' She had had two miscarriages, just cruel.

lucaradulovic

That's so f*cked up... Hope she's doing okay.

FuggleMeTenders

How polite.

"Your class is bunk."

Really, that's the worst. I teach in a title 1 school.

untitled56

I love working at title 1 schools! In my area most title 1 schools have a high proportion of mexican students, and that means there's definitely going to be a lady there who sells tamales after school. Praise be to tamale lady.

eggsistoast

Boundaries, kids.

Witnessed this exchange between a 7th grader and his teacher:

Student: "Are you pregnant?"

Teacher: (obviously horrified) "No."

Student: "Oh. Well, it looks like you are."

DukeOfCheddar

Twist: male teacher.

_tenaciousdeeznuts_

My sister walked up to me one day and said, "You look like you are pregnant, but you're not."

LaunchesKayaks

Wonder whom he voted for?

I'm not a teacher, but at a graduation at 16, I witnessed one of the boys going up to a teacher he'd always been a little sh*t to (and she had a reputation as a harsh teacher, but I'm not sure if I'd think that now 10 years later), and open his arms and ask her for a hug, after all, it was his graduation day.

I swear the teacher was nearly in tears because the moment was so sweet, and when she went in for the hug he just goes "Sike!! You really thought b!tch?!"

The look on her face was heartbreaking.

nirbereth

What an absolute dickweed. Those sorts of moments can make an entire sh!tty year worth it for a teacher.

the_procrastinista

Oh yeah, he really was.

He was always one of those "edgy" kids, but apparently he also later joined one of those "patriotic" anti-immigration neo-nazi groups that "just want to protect our women" and then prowl in towns trying to look real tough.

His picture was even in some foreign magazine's online article about the group.

nirbereth

You mad?

Not to me, but my principal. "F*ck you, you racist piece of Klan robe wearing piece of sh*t."

My principal is the nicest, mildest man you could possibly imagine. He's the complete opposite of a racist piece of sh*t.

elliotsilvestri

Current education student. One of my professors said that she (a white woman) once sent a student (a Mexican-American boy) to the office, and he immediately replied with "You hate me because I'm Mexican!" Her response was an immediate "No, I hate you because you're a jerk."

Not sure how well that would go over now, lol, but she was a very assertive teacher who was had in very high regard. Even in the time period not just anyone could get away with that.

puppynebula

Pretty demoralizing.

Worst?

Well I briefly was an adjunct at a law school teaching some basics of Estate Planning, and a student told me that they didnt care.

I'd worked so hard to try and be engaging, to be honest and novel in my approach, and just seeing that student's blank face as they scrolled along on the internet while I was trying to teach, was pretty depressing.

But I had Gregg, who was the sweetest, most engaged, elderly guy I've ever met.

So Gregg evened sh!t out for me.

SpiffySpacemanSpiff

I can see how that would be frustrating. At the same time, my law school required a 4 hour course on income tax. I did not learn anything about income tax law, but I did have the best fantasy football team ever that semester.

asami47

Ouch - 4 hours on income tax? I got my LLM in Tax, and even I think that's brutal!

SpiffySpacemanSpiff

This is a failure of both society and parenting.

To me? That they would murder my infant son for a dollar. Various plan to try and get me fired. Various racist comments. Long discussions from students about time they've served in jail, their drug experiences, and what crimes give what times. Screaming violent threats to the entire classroom. Various girls planning to be prostitutes after they drop out of school. One girl asked me how to potty train her 5 year old brother since her mother is out clubbing all the time. I could go on, but I wanted to give a general idea of what I hear on a daily basis.

Karsticles

Inner city school? In my state, that's where they put all of the new teachers and teachers in training. Either that, or poor rural schools. Teachers fight for positions at suburban schools, but often have to "pay their dues" with IEC positions in the worst performing schools. Even when a teacher gets their B or A class certification, the deal is that they have to go to the worst schools for at least 2 to 3 school years. After that, they are free to pursue employment at any school they are qualified for.

GalacticReggie

Suburban middle class, unfortunately.

Karsticles

This is *super* specific.

I had a student write me that they hoped I get the bird flu and die, but before I die I infect my entire family, watch them die, and then die knowing that I was the one that killed them.

profzoff

Was there any context to this, or was this totally out of the blue?

combateer3

Student got caught plagiarizing (added dumbass factor, was they used my own published research).

If you get caught I have a very simple policy and process to manage this situation:

I assume you plagiarized because you got scared, variety of reasons, but scared nonetheless. So I begin by asking if you had problems with citations: You answer yes- we pretend like it never happened and I work with you to fix the assignment. We're both happy, I get to teach directly, you learn the material and we've both gain an ally.

You answer no- I show you the evidence, give the assignment a D, invite you to not come back to class for the rest of the semester, and you've earned yourself a D in the course. You choose to fight the D, fine- I'll file paperwork, provide evidence and I'll negotiate the grade with student services to a passing D. Like a STI, it's a gift that will keep on giving. Most higher education institutions will have the D average into your overall GPA and even if you repeat the course with another instructor.

Student fought the grade and said this to me and wrote it during the hearing when Student Services Dean and Student Advocate upheld the grade since I refused to change the grade to an F.

profzoff