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u/Yeetus_Deletus_6969
Thank you mods, very cool!
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My primary school teacher did this while he was our home teacher and we would always get some cake and pizza. But then he was going through a divorce and honestly that man looked so broken near the end of the year but the whole staff gave him a party for the end of the year and I never saw him so happy. I dont know what happened to him afterwards but I know he's still teaching in primary school.
Edit: wow this is insane, and I will try to contact them because honestly they deserve this love
Edit 2: Finally contacted them and we had a chat, he is happily retired and remarried and is happy that you guys sent so much kindness his way
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u/guess_its_me_ Aug 25 '20
If you know how to get in touch with him it may be worth sending a message to him and let him know you appreciated him!
You never know how much a simple message will mean to someone
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Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20 •
This, for real.
I'm not a teacher or anything, but recently received a message from a kid I went to HS with (I graduated in 2002). He thanked me for being nice to him and treating him like a person unlike most of the other students. He brought up the time that I defended him in front of a big group of classmates about his hobbies (drawing and computer games) and how he was planning on killing himself since he thought everyone hated him. He also had a shitty home life, lots of bullies, and had aspergers syndrome.
It looks like his life is going great now and he has his own family.
I had sort of forgotten that whole situation since it was so long ago, but it was really nice to hear that I was able to make a positive impact on someone's life, even if I was kind of a loser in high school too.
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u/Azureflamedemon Aug 25 '20
Especially teachers, they already always feel like they aren't appreciated enough.
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u/TehFuriousOne Aug 25 '20
Especially for a teacher. My GF is a high school math teacher in a underprivileged school. She deals with a lot of bullshit, way more than I ever would have put up with. She's said it at least a dozen times, the thing that makes it worth it is when she gets that rare "thank you" from one of the kids she helped.
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u/Phormitago Aug 25 '20
I dont know what happened to him afterwards
oh no please dont take a left turn
but I know he's still teaching in primary school.
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u/Hmmtasteslikepowder Aug 25 '20
This whole comment stream is so wholesome I’m so proud of this community
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u/The_Daddelbox Aug 25 '20
I remember I had a teacher that told us if no one got a bad mark (meaning anything lower than mark 2) she'd go buy pizza for us all, well we did it and expected a big pizza for everyone, but no she bought a pizza for every individual person from her own funds.
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u/floopyxyz1-7 Aug 25 '20
Damn y'all bankrupted her.
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u/WubbaLubbaDubStep Aug 25 '20
5 dollar hot n ready, 20 students, that’s only $100.
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u/jcutta Aug 25 '20 edited Jul 04 '24
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u/waitingtodiesoon Aug 25 '20
Our school had it if we all passed the TAKS test I think, our principal would kiss a pig on the morning announcement.
That wasn't exactly the same motivation or personal type heartfelt message people have going on here, but it's something I remembered.
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u/HookersAreTrueLove Aug 25 '20
she bought a pizza for every individual person from her own funds.
Good on her, but where else would the funds be expected to come from?
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u/CeeArthur Aug 25 '20
When my highschool calculus teacher heard I was not doing great in university level calculus, he offered to have me come into the school on his day off and tutored me for free to get my grades up.
Later on that year his father died and shortly after he found out his wife was having an affair with the vice principal. He ended up shooting himself and I was heartbroken. I still remember the last time I saw him and he asked how my calc was - I was still flunking it but since he had made such an effort I lied and said my grades had turned around.
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u/-parkthecar- Aug 25 '20
Jfc, that man just had every bad thing hit him all at once. I’m so sorry.
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u/TheDankPotatoRises Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20
What's jfc?
Edit: Jfc 450 upvotes for just a question
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u/CaptainTeaBag24I7 Aug 25 '20
Look man, I don't know you or that teacher. I don't know when or where this happened and I don't know if it's recent or old. But you better have gotten your fucking calc grades up...
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u/CeeArthur Aug 25 '20
I eventually passed with an 80, which is pretty good by university standards.
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u/u_Adi Aug 25 '20
Fuck man. This made me sad. Like legit sad.
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u/CeeArthur Aug 25 '20
Yeah it was pretty tragic, really shook up our small town. He was a young guy, father of 2, black belt in a few different martial arts as well, very disciplined with a really dry sense of humor. One of those teachers that is really hard on you and pushes you but you come to love and appreciate for it
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u/Drugbugz Aug 25 '20
I hope his piece of shit wife killed herself after what she did to him.
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u/CeeArthur Aug 25 '20
This all happened after I moved away so I'm not entirely sure how it played out. I know the vice principal, who I actually liked before all this, became an absolute pariah in the community, I think he ended up moving. I do know the community got together to start scholarship funds for the mans daughters
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u/nxcrosis Aug 25 '20
Damn this whole thread is giving out a whole rollercoaster of emotions. Thank you for sharing your story mate.
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Aug 25 '20
Why are cheating wives such a huge cause of suicide while suicides because of cheating husbands are barely mentioned. Is the rate objectively different somehow and I'm just imagining this? I truly hope i am.
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u/ChromieHomie05 Aug 25 '20
Damn thats the most fucked shit ive heard a day and i hope you have good life my man and f in the chat
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u/hungryhograt Aug 25 '20
As a teacher it’s pretty rough. I always try to do something special for Halloween and Christmas but of course it’s not in the school syllabus so I have to fund it with my own money, it’s just very fortunate that my wife is also a teacher so she’s understanding.
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u/jcutta Aug 25 '20 edited Jul 05 '24
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u/Aliensinnoh Aug 25 '20
Class moms work if you live in a relatively privileged area. Though parents fundraising can easily morph into a district underfunding all schools and only the rich neighborhoods get fundraising. Ultimately in the US funding needs to be moved to the state level to break the back of unequal schooling.
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u/harshjain343 Aug 25 '20
Students are like 2nd children to teachers, they try to give them everything they possibly can.
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Aug 25 '20
Unless you end up with a teacher who treats you like you're less than filth
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u/spicymemes2047 Aug 25 '20
Or if you end up with kids that treat the teacher like they’re less than filth.
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u/dinosaregaylikeme Aug 25 '20
And sometimes they become your kids.
The amount of children that came from abusive homes that latched onto to me and looked up to me as father is incredibly high.
I have given so many students grocery money to feed their siblings because their parents couldn't stop using.
I even had nights where there was a student sleeping on my couch because they got kicked out.
I even bailed a few students out of jail or been their "parent" in hospitals because their parent wouldn't accept the responsibility of parenting.
I have about 12 children that I all love dearly. As their only parent I made sure they got into a good college with a cushy scholarship. I know they can be the best they can be when they have to tools they need.
They all keep in contact with me. Some already graduated and are settling down and starting a family which makes me feel old.
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u/Zuetchel Aug 25 '20
Just don't accidentally call them mom, cause the whole class will laugh at you.
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u/ReactionarySquirrel Aug 25 '20
Probably the most gut-wrenching teaching moment was when a kid called me Dad in front of the class then ran out of the room. Found him in the hallway crying. Eventually he told me he never really had a Dad and asked if he could come to me if he had any issues. Super sweet kid, just terrible home life.
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u/Altissia-senpai Aug 25 '20
I accidentally called my teacher mom and the librarian mom, this was in my high school year. The Teacher was fine with it since she loves kids and likes to be a mom to all children in class. She was the best. Although awkward at first.
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Aug 25 '20
My Mom was a teacher growing up. I'd come home and find cool art supplies and be like "Thanks mom!" only for her to reply, "Those aren't for you, those are for my kids.". Still to this day I'm sure her favorite child is one of her students.
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u/MamaBear_07 Aug 25 '20
Preschool teacher here. Can confirm. I have a 2 yr old son and those 3 yr olds I teach are equally my kids. Just found out we are moving out of state for my husbands job and I’ve been crying because I’m leaving my kids! I have no idea how to tell them. We really don’t do this job for the money
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Aug 25 '20
The problem is, the schools themselves count on this so they don't have to allocate one cent more than is required. 15 layers of useless administration doesn't come cheap, ya know.
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u/angerylittlehoovy Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20
“It’s” money my good sir it’s a their
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u/tobofre Aug 25 '20
"Their" and not "it's"? You're implying that a teacher is a real human person, and not a robotic machine designed to give me C- no matter how hard I try I hate you mrs. ^kogutt
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u/Rokurokubi83 Aug 25 '20
I used to love art as a child, I was drawing all the time. By the time I got to high school The only art teacher then had us for art the entire 5 years. No matter how hard I tries, a C, every time.
There was another kid in my class who was genuinely a very good artist, certainly put me to shame and he always got an A, and deserved that A. And there was one other kid who couldn’t care less about art and always got a D.
One morning before art class we three decided to do an experiment. Those two other kids swapped homework and signed each other’s.
Sure enough, the talented kid still got an A and the other kid still got a D. None of tried after that, if the teacher didn’t care why should we? It killed my passion for art.
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u/UndeadMunchies Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20
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Edit: Yall downvoters ever hear of an edit button?
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Aug 25 '20
Lol nothing better than someone correcting someone else’s grammar when they theirselves need to be corrected on grammar.
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Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20
I can soooo relate. It's the only job, I guess, where you steal supplies from home and bring them to work.
Edit. Ok, ok, what is happening!? I'm going to read every single post here, I promise. I'm overwhelmed! I want to thank the Academy... wait, wrong. I want to tell you people that you are awesome. Thank you for commenting and the awards. Truly. Thank you.
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u/jubettu Aug 25 '20
Respects! In most of the countries teachers aren't paid enough but you are all and everything supporting children's growth for many kids. I've been there where only trustworthy adult or anybody actually was my class teacher. I hope the best for you because you're doing good.
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u/EMRBRT Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Aug 25 '20
A teacher on a meme subreddit, probably searching memes to understand their students. Quality teacher
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u/totential_rigger Aug 25 '20
Tbf I was a teacher since I was 23 (I'm 27 now but no longer teach) and I'm well versed in meme culture. I had more in common with the students than my colleagues lol
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Aug 25 '20
I've been on the internet since I was 9.
I can't say I was on things because I wanted to get to know them better....
Surprisingly though, most of my former students didn't do Reddit etc. SC, Instagram, but not Reddit.
Only a former teacher now, though.
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Aug 25 '20
If I over hear kids talking about TV shows I like to watch them so I can talk to them about things they like.
I could only make it through one season of Riverdale tho.
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u/Catastrophic_User can't meme Aug 25 '20
Oh you are a teacher? Name every student in the world. /s
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u/holoheyy Aug 25 '20
Thank you so much for what you do for children! I wish the US was like here were the government provides supplies for the people who can’t afford them, the families sometimes have to put some money monthly too, but only if they can.
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u/Embarrassed-Culture1 Aug 25 '20 edited Aug 25 '20
Same with some custodians, I used to bring tools, electrical tape, and fresh microfiber cloths since we were always short on that stuff. Never brought germicide or pesticide or other chemicals because there's laws behind that kind of stuff. Sometimes we'd go hunting with the principal and bring back a bunch of hog meat to make some pulled pork or stew for the teachers. I miss those days.
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u/WillWeTalk511 Aug 25 '20
Keep at it! Teachers change lives and i have massive respect for everything you do! One of the most underappreciated and underpaid professions.
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u/SnuggleMuffin42 Aug 25 '20
Edit. Ok, ok, what is happening!? I'm going to read every single post here, I promise. I'm overwhelmed! I want to thank the Academy... wait, wrong. I want to tell you people that you are awesome. Thank you for commenting and the awards. Truly. Thank you.
Really, I do blame our poor education system for this.
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u/GreenArrowHead Identifies as a Cybertruck Aug 25 '20
I think that browsing reddit can help explain how/why kids do certain things, right? Has it helped you?
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u/JAHjonpARabug12 Aug 25 '20
I’m currently a student but props to you dude. Teachers are way to underpaid to deal with our generation, you guys need a fat raise
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Aug 25 '20
Reminds me of a party me and my class threw for our favourite English teachers birthday a few years ago, we went and bought cake, party poppers and a birthday card that we all wrote out names on wishing him a happy birthday.
About 30 min before the class started we asked another teacher to unlock the classroom and we set up in there, 5 minutes before class started he unlocked the door and we all yelled happy birthday!
He was really happy and instead of doing the actual things he had planned we all ate our cake and played different party games together, it was our last year at that school so we wanted to make it a bit special for him.
Still my best memory from that school.
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u/DouchNozzle_REAL Aug 25 '20
Bruh dude really just called the teacher an "it"
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u/pandamonium0908 Aug 25 '20
As I grow up I realize how much teachers sacrifice and love their students. I am not a teacher but they deserve all the praise in the world.
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Aug 25 '20
We should just give them more money tbh. It’s sad when they need to change a lesson because they couldn’t afford materials for the experiment they wanted. Or needing to crowdsource field trips.
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u/K3R3G3 Aug 25 '20
It's funny that whoever is greatly admired, called a hero, etc...you know they're undercompensated and give a lot. Teachers, soldiers, firefighters. How about we take proper care of them.
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u/realgirl_fakename Aug 25 '20
I literally cried after seeing this post. I am no longer in the classroom but people honestly have NO IDEA the struggles our teachers deal with. <3
One December I brought in donuts and my Keurig to make hot chocolate for my 4th graders, some of them had never had hot chocolate before. T.T
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u/notrachel2 Aug 25 '20
This made me cry, too. I work in assisted living facilities and it is very much the same. If you want to give the residents something special or bring in something to do, staff usually buys it themselves. So sad since most of them only make $9-10/hr.
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u/GlassJackhammer Aug 25 '20
My teachers usually had us do school fundraisers/a bake sale
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u/marsdudesk8r Aug 25 '20
I am a teacher and can relate. It's one of the few jobs where you spend our of own pocket to bring supplies to the classroom and treats for the kids. I love my job and wouldn't want anything else, but I am slowly seeing that buying pizza and boba tea no longer cuts it
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u/MamaBear_07 Aug 25 '20
I’m a preschool teacher and we have $30 a month for class materials for 2 teachers to share. I couldn’t tell you how much money I’ve spent just doing art projects with the kids because my coteacher used up all of the materials money without saving any for me. But damn if those kids don’t have amazing art projects every week and they have a fun time making them
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u/HellaHomoDanny Aug 25 '20
I honestly can't believe how underappreciated teachers are, it's a crime. Hopefully it'll be fun tho, as I wanna become a teacher.
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u/pinacoladablackbird Aug 25 '20
It's a brilliant job. Incredibly hard at times; massively stressful, and you often feel like you've put blood, sweat, and tears in that just go completely unappreciated (by kids and senior leaders) but I love it and wouldn't want to do anything else. I always felt like if I could make a difference to one kid, this whole life would be worth it. 10 years on, I really believe that I've done that, and so many of the kids are just fantastic human beings. Many are also little shits but they don't tend to be in any great numbers!
Tl;Dr: go for it - it's wonderful.
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u/Riskay_Raven Aug 25 '20
Lmao “with it’s” poor teach was degraded to a thing.
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u/YourAverageMemeRater Me when the: Oct 15 '21
Wait holy fuck they removed the locked after 6 months feature
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u/Low_Release_6303 Oct 15 '21
I discovered this meme just recently. Really hit me in the feels. I'd say this one deserves it at least.
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Aug 25 '20
Big up all the underpaid teachers who buy it with their own money but are seldom appreciated 🙌.
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u/SvenTheDragon Professional Dumbass Aug 25 '20
Teachers fr don't get paid enough.
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u/curiousAnsh Aug 25 '20
There is a quote from an ancient Indian philosopher/teacher/statesman which goes like-"A teacher is never an ordinary person (because) powers of both creation and destruction plays in his lap". Meaning a teacher literally lays foundation of what values future generations of a society will carry.
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Aug 25 '20
Any particular reason you referred to the teacher as an "it?"
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u/jwse30 Aug 25 '20
I would guess that the author’s native language is not English, and used “it” as a pronoun for something that could be either gender.
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My teacher always does a good job teaching us so everytime theres a class party i bring 2 2l cokes and 2 big pizzas to celebrate
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u/NateTheMetalhead Dirt Is Beautiful Aug 25 '20
Some teachers really don't care, and when you're just a kid trying to make it to the next day, it can take a toll. But there's always a handful of them that really do, and they will leave a lifelong impression on you. I still remember the names of the ones that went the extra mile for me despite not having spoken to any of them in over 10 years. I hope they're doing well
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u/JimmyisAwkward can't meme Aug 25 '20
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Because teachers are just objects according to the government
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u/lifewithoutcheeze Aug 25 '20
Teachers are the most underpaid, undervalued, and unappreciated professionals. I wished that the US would eventually be able to flip this.
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u/Petrichor128 Aug 25 '20
‘The underpaid teacher who “bough” it with “it’s” own money’ So many errors with that sentence...
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u/captainhaddock Aug 25 '20
Apparently, the teacher is being paid what "it" is worth.
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u/I7PB Aug 25 '20
When I was young I was always upset because of the end of the year party that my teacher was organizing, because we only had 3 pizzas 1 cake and some juice. After some years I realized that she bought all of those things with her own hard made money. In my country, teachers have really small salary, and from she did all those things from the goodness of her heart. Teachers really deserve more.
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u/Raintart Aug 25 '20
Yeah the US should seriously consider paying more to teachers instead of spending it on military shit
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u/zoviirchambers Aug 25 '20
Lets be honest. 95+/-5% of the kids in that class were fucking hyped just to not do school things during the party and get some snacks. Something like this being "scuffed" is a result of adult cynicism.
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u/Bannanapieguy Aug 25 '20
I remember one of my teachers always tried doing stuff like this but the school never actually went through with it. I feel so bad looking back because of course all the kids put the blame on the teacher not the school.
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u/craterinvader Aug 25 '20
I had a high school teacher who wanted to argue. It made her happy. I was one of her only students who would get up and scream about how she was wrong. I thought she really hated me. But she gave me a hug on the last day of High school and said she was going to miss arguing with me.
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u/Asad2023 Aug 25 '25
My mom used to do it she even bought cheap toys for kids of her school she is government teacher and most student that come were of labours and lower middle class people who work on daily wages
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u/HeavenlyDevinLee12 Aug 25 '20
Teacher Pro Tip: At least for little kids, have a popcorn party. They’ll be equally as excited as pizza, for a fraction of the price.
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Aug 25 '20
Underpaid teachers? Is that a thing? In Ontario, Canada being a teacher is one of the highest paying jobs
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Aug 25 '20
teachers only work 180 days a year right? doesn’t the average person work like 100 more days? 40k for half of the year doesn’t sound too bad.
i think the system needs reform in that the school year should be extended and high school should end at 10th grade. That way we can pay teachers more (since they’ll work more) and they don’t have to get second jobs
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u/CracamiteOnANewAcc Aug 25 '20
My maths teacher was great. He bought my math class pizza because everyone passed. I am pretty sure I was one of his favourites because my good behaviour and my good maths.
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u/so_then_I_said Aug 25 '20
the underpaid teacher who bough it with it is own money:
I don't think pizza is the problem in this classroom.
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u/PowerBrawler2122 Aug 25 '20
I mean, at least you got something. I was always happy to get a slice, my classes were always full of a bunch of pig like eaters. Entire pizza boxes, gone in seconds.
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u/Thiago_miojo 🏴Virus Veteran 🏴 Aug 25 '20
That's why in my old school we did with the money lf everybody. Who participated had to pay a little bit.
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u/MamaFen Aug 25 '20
This is genuinely the first time the crying kitten meme actually made my chest hurt. I feel so bad for teachers right now!
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u/Aus_The_B0ss Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY Aug 25 '20
Y'all are lucky! Everything about our class party (decorations, food, cake, lighting, music system) is arranged by the students' money and students have do most of the work. Moreover, authority gains a lot of unethical profit from it -_-
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u/freekingTerraria Aug 25 '20
In canada tho teachers are over paid and protested for a even better wage. I think there wage is something like 80 000
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Aug 25 '20
EXACTLY! I had a manager in my workplace that went and bought chocolates for everyone (200ish employees) for Christmas one year. Everyone was used to the company buying gifts every year prior, so they freaked out that the manager gave them something so cheap. What they didn’t realize is the company didn’t pay for anything and they manager actually went out of her way to make sure folks still got something by spending money out of her own pocket.
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u/winterfoxxxx Aug 25 '20
Idk where all these teachers work but my partner earns a decent amount as a teacher, and can claim nearly any resource she uses for teaching on tax as a work expense. So either y'all teachers didn't like you very much or teachers pay sucks in other countries.
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u/gayfroggs Aug 25 '20
One year when I was 12 we had a class party and from past experience we knew that they weren't going to be very much food to go around the whole class so me and my friend bought a load of pizza making supplies and made this massive pizza that managed to get around the entire class plus some of the teachers aswell
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u/TheNowhereMan418 Aug 25 '20
In my school, the teachers all got a raise because of this reason. But one teacher was fired because she rugby tackled a kid for wearing his jumper around his waist.
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u/Rae-O-Sunshinee Aug 25 '20
My mom was a 6th grade teacher (I also volunteered when I was old enough) and she bought 2 pizzas and those brats were so ungrateful lol. All they did was complain about only having 1 slice and even said that it was a waste of time. My mother picked out her few good students, gave them 2 slices, and told me to pack the rest of it and drive home with it xD. They were so mad but it was so funny to watch it all unfold.
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u/p_cool_guy Aug 25 '20
Oh god. Are...all of the parties paid for by the teacher? I could have sworn when I was younger I had to ask my parents to chip in for it. Maybe they were just asking for help because I doubt they wouldn't have let any kid who didn't have money have a slice.
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u/mr-ur-dad Aug 25 '20
Can’t relate , we hype the teachers our selves and buy some good shit with our own money that everyone has to bring (or someone pays instead of em) then we just bust a class we three giant pizzas and bring the teacher somethin too so they don’t tell anyone
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Aug 25 '20
Gotta love being so afraid to gender someone that you call a human being an “It” instead.
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u/BlackAdder7 Aug 25 '20
credits to: u/zevHS for the upper picture