Every parent thinks their children are the smartest, the cutest, and the overall best humans on the entire planet. And ironically, bragging parents are among the worst people on the entire planet and they all need to be shipped to an island somewhere where they can fight to the death over whose child can recite the alphabet backward before even being born. One father took to Twitter to brag about his children's intelligence, slam the public school system, and promote his new book. Needless to say, it didn't go down very well with other parents or teachers. Follow below to see how he was mercilessly trolled.
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School might be closed, but for many, classes are continuing online. There are some teachers who are nailing the whole online class thing and others... well, not so much. These students have taken to Twitter to vent about the teachers who are far stricter online than they are in the classroom, proving that online teaching just isn't for everyone.
The difference between a positive and a less than ideal school experience is often down to the teacher you have. A subject that is usually deathly boring (maths anyone?) can be brought to life by an enthusiastic teacher, and make their students love the subject. We've found some teachers who certainly have that passion and we only wish we had teachers like when we were in school.
'Out of the mouth of babes' is a painful reality for most parents. But one of the best things about kids is their ability to call it as they see it, often leading to innocent but brutally honest comments after making an observation or being asked a question.
@livefromsnacktime is an Instagram account that documents these witticisms, started by NYC based Kindergarten teacher Alyssa Cowit. She believes that "children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they're brilliant – and that it's a teacher's job to take what children say seriously." Alyssa started the account — which now boasts 241k followers — "to help adults understand that children are not always acting outrageous to seek attention, but instead thinking out loud, soaking up new information, and solving problems 24/7!"
Check out the hilarious questions and comments made by hers and other teacher's students, who also submit to the account.
Third-grade teacher, Verónica Duque, is definitely one of those teachers who go above and beyond to engage their students in the most fun and memorable way. The 15-year teaching veteran recently wore a full-body suit showing the human body in detail to give a class on anatomy—and people on twitter just love her creativity and dedication. Duque and her lesson went viral after her husband, Michael, tweeted some pictures of her in class.
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.
Michael Fry, an art teacher and parent to two daughters from New York made a humorous Halloween display by creating a graveyard on his front lawn filled with 2017's dying trends. His funny tradition started 3 years ago and includes everything from fashion to pop culture to politics, saying "so long" to "old" Taylor Swift, dabbing, ombre hair and #roseallday, among others. Cool!
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:
