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*Note: Winning Caption by Paula Brannon, Val Verde Teachers Association*

“Go into teaching”, they said. “It’ll be a breeze”, they said. “You only have to work ten months of the year”, they said.

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Sample captions (Leave yours in the comments!):

“And in that one moment, she saw her whole life flash before her eyes…”

“Calgon, take me away…”

“Secret to great teaching: caffeine.”

“When low blood sugar has you seeing a sea of moonpies.”

“Did I turn off the oven before I left?”

“Will anyone volunteer to help Agriculture class move some manure?”

“This is the third grade. I’m not going to sign your Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton recommendations.”

The Discussion 34 comments Post a Comment

  1. Catherine Foley says...

    Teacher submits audition video to America’s Got Talent — told to keep his day job

  2. Burnie Gipson says...

    All these notes… But, this is an ASL Class!

  3. Sandra MacKellar says...

    “…and at that moment pigs flew…”

  4. Jackie Serrano says...

    Teacher passes out test, 5 minutes later. Student one: “Teacher, I am done.” Student two: Me to! Student three: Me to! It was easy.” All students, ” Me to!

  5. Christie says...

    Parents you’ve never heard from find out you included the fact a historical figure was gay.

  6. Phylis Grenier says...

    Has my application to CTA-Retired, preretired status, been mailed?

  7. Carrie Patino says...

    “Teacher, teacher! How do I spell ____,” said all of her students.

  8. Richard says...

    Ms. Korhonen, the exchange teacher from Finland, didn’t understand why all the children were claiming to be Finnish!

  9. Francie Ayala MURILLO says...

    No name! No name! No name! How many months have we been in school?

  10. Alejandro says...

    1. “I’m done!”… “I’m done!” …”I’m done!”
    Teacher:”I’M DONE!”

    2. “That extra stipend is not enough!”

    3. “I knew it. I should have said YES to class size reduction!”

    4. “OMG, I have to grade all of these? I guess I will need a sub. Never mind — Grrr…subplans!”

  11. Jamie Burton says...

    Wait. What do I do for a living again?

  12. Christie says...

    Two minutes after giving the assignment: “First!”
    “Done!”
    “Can I go on Cool Math?”

  13. Virginia escobar says...

    The new tax bill had less rewrites!!!

  14. Trish Gorham says...

    Thanks for the fanning, kids. My hot flash should be over soon.

  15. Steve says...

    Now what to do with the rest of the day?

  16. Gina Berry says...

    When you tell students to put their papers in the turn in box….

  17. Gina Berry says...

    When you wonder if you’re dreaming because everyone turned in the essay that was due.

  18. Mary Rivers says...

    “Who has their late homework to turn in?”

  19. Tanya says...

    All the kids AT THE SAME TIME: “Teacher! I’m done! Teacher! Me! I’m done! Teacher! Look! Teacher! I’m done! Teacher! Teacher!”

  20. Fernando J Figueroa says...

    That moment when all 30 of your students brought back their field trip forms but you only made reservations for 25

  21. Chrystine Lee says...

    “Well, there goes my evening plans…I guess the Adam Sandler movie marathon will have to wait.”

  22. Kathryn L Levenson says...

    I am only accepting work submitted through Schoology.

  23. soc100w says...

    My dog DIDN’T eat my homework!

  24. Amanda Isaac says...

    “Here’s my note about why I can’t come to the concert.”

  25. Ruben Escobar says...

    1) So many kids, so many questions… but only one of me.

    2) Whoever turns in all of their homework gets to use their cell phone for the rest of the period

    3) Everyone waiting until the deadline to turn in their work, and want their assignment to be graded immediately

  26. Jayson Chang says...

    “So what do I have to do? asked the students.
    Teacher thinking, “I wrote it on the top right after the word ‘directions'”

  27. Paula Brannon says...

    “Go into teaching”, they said. “It’ll be a breeze”, they said. “You only have to work ten months of the year”, they said.

  28. Nancy Edwards says...

    Miss Hoover sucks is not funny ! YOU GET AN F!

  29. Rey says...

    Now who wants to be the first to read their paper on, “Things I could do better if I were president!”

  30. Christina says...

    Happy to accept the cheers and applause, no time for autographs I’ve got papers to grade!

  31. Gale says...

    All I did was offer them a Jolly Rancher for turning in their work.

  32. Angelique says...

    Sign our bathroom passes please we need to go…but break just ended 5 minutes ago.

  33. Alan Underwood says...

    TFW it’s the last day before break and they all want to turn in missing work.

  34. Alex H says...

    What we wished happened when a student says “are we turning (insert assignment you forgot to collect) in?”

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