I’ve never fully recovered.

What have students told you?"

“I got a haircut, and a student asked me if it was on purpose.”

A person with a short bob haircut wearing a sleeveless top looks intently to the side in a grassy outdoor setting

Then, a student says, ‘Why are you listening?

You know it isn’t going to be you.'"

u/TictacTyler

3.

Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Fred, and Scooby-Doo from "Scooby-Doo" are gathered around a large book, looking perplexed

(Canada Games).

My one student looked me up and down and asked, ‘What happened?'"

u/Healthy_Appeal_333

4.

Jacob from Abbott Elementary covers his face with both hands while sitting at a table in a library with colorful flower decorations on the shelves behind him

“This requires some visual imagination.

It was ‘neon day’ at school.

I am tall and thin with boring, long brown hair and glasses.

Jason Sudeikis, wearing glasses and a checkered shirt, with a serious expression, and subtitles reading "Say it again." Background shows educational posters

Ya’ know…neon colors.

u/ADHTeacher

6. u/Similar-Elephant-541

7.

He then says, ‘Youre too young to feel that way!

Brian Jordan Alvarez in a library setting, wearing a plaid button-up shirt, with bookshelves in the background. Text in image: FX English Teacher, FX, Hulu

Youre only like 35!!’

I was 26, but thanks, kid.”

u/akricketson

9.

Quinta Brunson wearing a cardigan gives a surprised and confused look while holding a phone

“‘You should put less dark eyeshadow under your eyes.’

I was make-up free.”

u/AliceRamone

10.

Young Sheldon, played by Iain Armitage, says, "Well, I never!" in a surprised and indignant manner

“Me: ‘Looks like it’s gonna be wet out.’

Student: ‘Unlike your girlfriend!’

He was in fifth grade and had no idea what the joke meant.

Keegan-Michael Key in a white shirt and tie, teaching a biology class about vertebrate systems, standing in front of chalkboards with anatomical illustrations and notes

“My kids asked me my favorite energy drink.

I told them Celsius.

One of my kids said, ‘You kind of seem like youd like Monsters.’

Tina Fey stands confidently in a classroom, wearing glasses and a blue vest over a light-striped shirt, in a scene from the Mean Girls: The Musical

I replied, ‘Monster drinkers are kind of unhinged.’

The kid was like, ‘Yeah.’

Still living with that one.”

u/Dogmom808

12.

Hurt far more than just being called boring or plain.”

u/TeachSocialStudies

13.

I wasn’t listening anymore, and if he continued, I’d give him detention, lol."

“I (male teacher) wore a very nice knitted sweater.

The kind with the big collar and one button holding the collar.

My student said, ‘You look like you own a cat.'”

u/Feature_Agitated

15.

“An eighth grader in my math class got me really good.

‘Hey, Mr. Z, did you know you are my second favorite teacher?

All the others are tied for first.’

I walked right into that one.”

u/Chillin80sStyle

16.

One day, she asked me, ‘When are you going to be sick?’

I said, ‘Why?’

‘Because thatll be the best day at school Ive ever had.'"

“Upon learning I was married, a seventh-grade girl said, ‘You’re married?

I always figured you were alone.’

It was 10 years ago, and I still think about it.”

u/oboe_you_didnt

18.

“Just happened yesterday.

‘Mrs, do you want this Rice Krispie treat?

I don’t want it, but I like to give to the poor.’

I mean, no lies were told, though.”

u/anonymous_andy333

19.

“You look like a reject from aYoung Sheldoncasting call.”

u/punkybrewsterspappy

21.

One girl said, ‘Are we going to have to wear pants like that !

and gestured at my pants.

The rest of the class looked me over and said, ‘Ewww!’

‘Oh God, no!’

‘They can’t make us!!’

Thanks, guys."

u/New_Ad5390

22.

I am a man."

u/Outside_Mixture_494

24.

“‘I bet you Live, Laugh, Love at home.’

Not a damn thing in my house has that saying, but it was still funny as hell.”

He says, ‘Miss, dont even pretend like you dont have a boyfriend.’

I said, ‘I dont actually have a boyfriend.’

I decided to reactivate my OkCupid profile and met my now husband a couple weeks later.

Thanks, kid!"