Everyone remembers their school days, right? Whether it’s amazing or awful, we always remember that one teacher that embarrassed you in front of class on the first day of 7th Grade or that one teacher who helped you to be a better person. Either way, just like our parents, our teachers are supposed to guide us and shape us into a good member of society. And whether you loved or loathed them, I’m pretty sure you’ll recognize some of them here.
The Lazy Larry
This is the teacher with a bit of a protruding belly and seems to have his butt glued to the comfortable, plush, office chair as he munches obnoxiously loud on his infinite supply of chips. As you enter class, he tells you to read your textbook and take down “notes” which he will check later; or he will set up a video, that teaches you more about the topic on hand rather than your own teacher, while he dozes off and begins to snore loudly. If there is any confusion about the lesson, you know better than to ask your teacher because he will reiterate the textbook again and it doesn’t answer your question at all. He doesn’t really care and he doesn’t attempt to help his students.
The One-who-Talks-to-the-Board Teacher
Settling her pile of books on the table, she hushes the class before promptly opening her notes to teach the class. That’s the last time you get to see her face for the entirety of the lesson because once she’s into “Lesson Mode”, she forgets the existence of her pupils and just drones on and on about the American Civil War - never turning around once to ask if the students understood the lesson. You, as a student, are just left gaping like a fish and struggling to keep up with the pace of your teacher but you’re not the only one as you swivel your head left and right to see similar expressions on everyone else – except maybe that history nerd that seems to be having a blast.
The Swimming-in-Papers Teacher
The Swimming-in-Papers teacher always seems to carry a thick folder around wherever she goes and is constantly seen with her nose buried deep in them. She often misplaces essays and always forgets to hand back graded assignments. She brings home her skyscraper of papers to check with the intent of grading each and every one of them all while watching Netflix, always coming back to school with her permanent frazzled expression as she gazed at her never-ending pile of work.
The Robot
Growing up as a model student, this teacher does her job exceptionally well. The catch though? It’s all work, work and more work with her – no breaks whatsoever. She takes her profession seriously – too seriously in fact – and you have never seen any emotion on her except to scold you. She always has a straight face on and you wonder if she is actually human and not an artificial intelligence robot instead.
TMI Teacher
Instead of teaching, the TMI Teacher tells the students wayyyyy too much information: Their biggest regrets, their first crush, their life story, you name it. More often than not, the students come out of class knowing more about the teacher than they know of the subject itself. While this behavior stifles a students’ opportunity to learn, the students egg the teacher on and ask unnecessary questions just to keep him going - the more the teacher talks, the lesser work to do.
The Clueless Teacher
Clearly out of his depth, this teacher tries to BS his way through the subject and class. He pretends to know the subject even though he incorrectly teaches you about it and you can obviously see the light sheen of sweat coating his face when you ask a difficult question. His efforts to properly teach the class is glaringly obvious but it just doesn’t work out because everyone knows he’s not a credible teacher and more often than not, you have to rely on yourself to do well in the actual exam.
The “You’ll Thank Me For This in College”
This teacher has an overcomplicated life and makes it his life goal to overcomplicate his students’ life too. He is that person who gives 210% in everything and makes everything harder than it actually is. This teacher is trying to prepare you for university and always claims that you’ll “thank him for this later”, but in reality, they are just presenting extra information and is teaching it in a much more difficult way. Baby steps don’t exist in their world.
Ah, teachers. Sometimes they’re your best friend. Sometimes you just can’t help but hightail the other direction when you see them. Either way, I’m pretty sure we’ve all met that one teacher that has changed our lives for the better forever – and we will always be in debt to them.
What other teachers do you find in school?
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