The replies to this suggest classroom resentment runs deep
This question went viral because so many people had things to get off their chest.
Plus, a lot of the replies were very funny.
https://twitter.com/PuccaNoodles/status/964303347166560257
Here are our favourite 11 responses.
1.
in year 7 creative writing, I described an inappropriately bubbly character as “effervescing” instead of speaking. The teacher told me not to use words I didn’t understand BUT I DID BLOODY UNDERSTAND ACTUALLY MR SUPPLY TEACHER I WAS WRITING CREATIVELY https://t.co/17NRpb6otJ
— Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) February 16, 2018
2.
When I was about 6 I wrote a story about a bunny, the teacher told me ‘bunny’ was a childish word and I should say rabbit. 30 years later I sometimes wish that teacher was still alive just so I could go round and show her all four books of my comic Bunny Vs Monkey. https://t.co/QqAfNxS7IN
— Jamie Smart (@jamiesmart) February 16, 2018
3.
In history we had to write down as many terms abt pearl harbor that we could think of in like 3 minutes. I wrote down “east wind rain” (pearl harbor winds code) as one of mine, but my teacher didnt know what that was so he made fun of me in front of the entire class
— Marie Lum 林 (@PuccaNoodles) February 16, 2018
4.
English teacher marked me down for the use of “rapport” in a poem. She didn’t think it was a word.
I insisted it was. Eventually she wrote “rapture” in its place, figuring that’s probably what I meant. https://t.co/YvUXjIIW0q
— Andrew Ellard (@ellardent) February 16, 2018
5.
Yr 8 science teacher asked us to name types of pollution. I put my hand up and said “light pollution”. She scoffed and insisted that wasn’t a thing. STILL NOT OVER IT. https://t.co/EpP9JgUaEb
— Hannah Fry (@FryRsquared) February 16, 2018
6.
I wrote a story about a rich family being murdered. The maid found the weapon and ran her fingers over the dried blood (I was working up to revealing she was the killer later). Teacher refused to mark it because “she obviously would have screamed and dropped the knife”. https://t.co/rEwIlfAdDB
— kirsty (@torahwilcox) February 16, 2018
7.
made our class spend lunch break scraping gum off the undersides of our form room desks and blamed us for it even though HUNDREDS of other students used those desks for lessons every week. still raging https://t.co/5BjsWftNj2
— Lex Croucher (@lexcanroar) February 16, 2018
8.
Told me coding wasn’t for “people like me” (aka girls), so I taught myself instead. Just to prove a point, created a whole website for final project, Everyone else did powerpoint. “This is just a Website you used, where’s your project?” “No, I made it, it has my name on it.” “Oh”
— Alexandra Gallant (@Gallantdesigner) February 16, 2018
9.
Also this was in 2000, so I was learning all that stuff with zero resources & creating a website by coding everything from scratch. Good thing I did, because web design ended up being my career. Funny how the journey all began with a website made out of spite.
— Alexandra Gallant (@Gallantdesigner) February 16, 2018
10.
Wrote “tracing” on something I drew freehand in a contest, then pointedly picked someone else’s as the winner. Plot twist: I drew the winner’s entry for them as a favour. https://t.co/kZPudCfuW9
— Marv Epworth 🎉🎇🎶 (@maryepworth) February 16, 2018
11.
I refused to dissect a frog in 7th grade biology for ethical reasons, and my formerly-favorite teacher tried to convince me that the humane society donated dead cats and dogs to the high school for dissection.
My mother was director of the humane society. https://t.co/E5Lbwqzyzj
— Elizabeth Sampat (@twoscooters) February 16, 2018
Feel free to share your treasured memories of your schooldays in the comments.