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First-year teacher lands last-minute job as an NYC elementary school gym teacher one month before the new semester, instantly regrets it: ‘I'm responsible for 2 classes in the gym at once, including 2 special education classes together…’

Elna McHilderson

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Meet Purrfessor Max: the campus cat who's spent years greeting students, riding backpacks, and joining college tours, has earned him an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' title

Ayala Sorotsky

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Student agrees to dog-sit for his teacher while he and his wife are away, and he needs a straight answer: is this actually weird?

Ayala Sorotsky

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25+ Back to School Shopping Memes Taking any Excuse to Buy a New Notebook

JR Atkinson

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Kindergarten teacher has 1 student every year who has never colored, written, or drawn anything with a writing utensil before: 'They have to be explicitly taught how to apply pressure to write on paper.'

Emmy Pratt

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Teachers manage to beat the system when district admin tries to install a time clock and control their work hours til the last minute

Giuliana Tiscioni

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'Wherever you take me, raise me with love': Kitten in Korea found in a box with a heartwarming note, rescuers drive hours to find her a furrever home

Briana Viser

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Beloved English teacher says goodbye to his students at the end of the semester with a heartfelt email, but a surprise attachment of his cats has the whole internet falling in love: 'I'm actually gonna miss him so much.'

Ayala Sorotsky

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School Forces Teachers to Pay $200 to Wear Jeans on Fridays: 'I feel like after a week of putting up with these kids, it’s my right to wear jeans on Friday.'

Emmy Pratt

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'How come my Gen Alpha students make nasty comments?': Heavily-tattooed teacher questions why her young students constantly criticize her ink

JR Atkinson

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Classroom Cats Ready to Learn, Lounge and Become the Teacher’s Pet

Sarah Brown

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10th-grade student asks his teacher why he has to capitalize his last name: 'He hadn’t capitalized any proper nouns. He insisted his paper didn’t need fixing and was perfect.'

Emmy Pratt

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'We don't get paid enoigh for this': Teacher stories of unhinged students bringing in weird and unexpected school materials

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Teacher pressures mom to let her post pictures of her 5-year-old son on the school's social media: 'I don't post my child online.'

Emmy Pratt

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School makes teachers take their shoes off in the building, forcing 23-year-old Kindergarten teacher to teach barefoot

Emmy Pratt

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Specialist Teacher "sneaky quits," vanishes before the next school term after 10 years in their role when micromanaging new Director revokes their health insurance—they move 2000 miles before Director notices their 120-day absence: 'I just didn’t show up'

Brad Dickson

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