Ridiculous Student Drama in the Classroom!

[@mandimanczuk8156]

My favorite teacher was not a teacher but our Principal. Shout out to Dr. Pelophski. He was my middle school principal and followed us to highschool. When I had problems understanding some of my math or science he found ways to make more interesting and helped me find ways to understand. I am currently 45 y.o. and thanks to him and his ways of helping me I found a passion for working with students and have even used some of his techniques to help the other students that I have worked with.

[@justinegray4918]

One of our junior high students brought a puppy to school as a Valentine's gift for his girlfriend. Not a stuffed animal but a live, flesh-and-blood, six-week-old puppy. His dog had a litter at home, and his mom made a comment about finding them homes. This boy swiped a puppy, put him in his backpack, and got on the bus.

[@justinegray4918]

The puppy started whining in his bag during 1st period, and the teacher called the principal down. The principal called the kid's mom and the girlfriend's mom. No one could get the puppy until the end of the day, so he was kept in the teacher's lounge. One of the teachers got him some soft puppy food and water, and all the teachers got puppy cuddles that day

[@compassrose1466]

@@justinegray4918aw I respect the teachers taking care of the puppy and being good to it

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

I'm thankful the puppy was okay and got some cuddles out of it

[@montey21]

The way I'll walk into my classroom first thing EVERY MORNING and basically get surrounded with students coming to fill me in on their drama is both honourable and annoying at the same time... Like let me put my bag down first PLEASE.

[@jefmaslan1702]

When my students ask me if they're my favorite, currently I tell them they're in my top 117 favorite students because I have 117 students. 😂😂

[@montey21]

😂 I either say: 'one of' OR 'no' 🤭 ... but they know I'm joking... Even though I'm serious😂🤭

[@SConArt87]

Had a group of 2nd-4th grade girls in my childcare class; EVERY day there was some kind of drama. They would all hate eachother one day, then be BFFs the next, then turn on a single member the next. It was WILD! Who needs soap operas? 😂

[@marissamoore3577]

Bri said I don't do public math. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRealMariahAlyssa]

Me af

[@JustUrAveragePotterhead]

Bro.... I got "married" in kindergarten and and we didn't divorce until 2nd grade, then we "remarried" in 3rd and divorced again in 4th, same dude

[@jaynedoe727]

I need more details with the wedding planner and the bride. Lmfao did they still go on with the ceremony? Did the guest notice? Did they pay the invoice? QTNA 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wildbeautyunderneath4735]

With covid it seems students have more of a issue of seeing each other as people, and they don't understand that saying things or doing things are hurtful.

[@rockerchick6168]

For sure! The Covid kids just say anything that comes to their mind. Trying to teach them that it affects others, apparently is mind blowing.

[@wildbeautyunderneath4735]

@@rockerchick6168 As well as not understanding personal space. I had two (though this could be any kids I guess in history) that were giving rug burns to each other, and I told them a few times not to. Their reply was it's fine I said it was okay, I told them no we don't do that to each other. Following this with if I see you do again we'll bring your teachers into this. Saw it again was going to tell them what I was doing, instead went straight to one of their teachers. They were pretty much about to cry over that lecture, but I wasn't bluffing I told them to stop and they didn't.

[@C_1013]

2:25 NARRH I RECENTLY RELISTEN TO OLD EPS AND I MISSED THE IDAHO TOUR OMG SO SAD RN LOL PLS COME BACK TO IDAHO!

[@HIGHIMALYSSA]

Waking & watching this as soon as I got up this morning has made my day already so great I’m laughing so hard.

[@rockerchick6168]

Omg KC about the takis..I have 6th graders giving those out to kids to be friends..I try to tell the kids, that’s not how you make friends. They should like like you without the snacks 🤦‍♀️

[@donnacarter2617]

I was blessed with great teachers in the 80's. I graduated in 1989, still receive and send Christmas cards from one of my best teachers. Always stayed after to help you, I was a troubled kid, had to work too. I had a lot of teachers whom did that.

[@SarahKelch1]

Let’s be honest. KC, Devin, and Bri are literally the best. Although, I really liked Andrea, KC, and Jay on this podcast too. All five of them together would be amazing for a podcast episode.❤👏🏻

[@DRIPKING343]

No it wouldn’t cus the business that “owns” teachers off duty now scammed all the of og podcasters

[@mykhiddos2]

In middle school I remember doing fun little fake weddings and divorces. Even on heart shaped paper.

[@Frances864]

Favorite trio by a mile!

[@ericagiorgio4582]

I don’t work in the school system anymore but I love listening and watching your podcasts! You all make me laugh so much!!

[@kristyperritt4720]

I was the tattle taler. I would go to the guidance counselor to explain dramas around me so it could be 'properly' handled before things got out of hand.

[@blugreen123]

That was me! I was also the teacher's pet. Which might explain why I had almost no friends until high school...🤔🤣

[@BandChoirChick09]

That reminds me of my tenth birthday. Except I played the counselor to bring everybody together after one girl got upset (I can’t remember what about). I had been in therapy myself, so I thought I could play counselor to unite my friends again! 😂

[@claireburnett-ll9tw]

I love them❤

[@wildbeautyunderneath4735]

Same teacher would fight that they can have a phone (for none work things) because they're a teacher. Same one that took my work book threw it into their closet off on the floor, and all my stuff spilled out. Made me wait outside the class to yell at me, that I walked out after and they school didn't make me go back. There was like 2 weeks of school left. This with a lot of other moments made that teacher my enemy. They tried talking to me when I was visiting after I grad, and I walked away without saying a thing. Yes, the beef was real.

[@blugreen123]

The mirror on the celing bit made me snort Coke out of my nose, I laughed so hard. 😂

[@heidikickhouse-]

Re: embarrassing proposal rejections: I had a friend say once, "Well, yes to you, but no to that whole marriage thing." He said "That's cool" but split 2 months later. A friend of my sister's was taken to a fancy dinner at age 20 and proposed to with a big ring. She said "Could you hold on just a minute?" and and ran to the pay phone and called her mother and asked her what she should do. Her mom suggested that if she needed to call her mother, that perhaps she wasn't quite ready for marriage.

[@EllieRyan-z3s]

We had a teacher who stopped us from running in the yard until my fav teacher like lad in to her and the teacher who stopped us from running got suspended. Man the the teacher who lad into her was my favourite teacher ever. Love yall 💓 😂

[@stephaniegriggs1401]

Will Tell come back? I need a preK pause

[@rhondagreen234]

I’m a school kitchen manager and a male teacher 8th grade teacher found me crying by myself. I lost my son 2 years ago and it was his birthday. I was caught off guard when I went to write the date on my paperwork, and l inadvertently wrote my son’s birthdate. I looked at the clock and thought middle school should be back in their room, so I let myself cry. The teacher just quietly let me cry and explain. He gave me a little hug before going back to his class. I appreciated that gesture.

[@xxblasiankiddxx2369]

Me and my brother were in the same classes until 2nd grade😂😂 we're 10 months apart but our school combined classes

[@TeacherKellyTag]

Devon should be there every week!!

[@SarahKelch1]

Absolutely!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@katiehanson6253]

My only teacher beef, is with my freshman OK history teacher.... my one and only detention, it was a book test (chapter) I got one question wrong... looked it up in the book after he berrated the entire class for getting it wrong... told him he was not grading this test correctly (in front of the class) he was wrong.... and I got lunch detention for "belittling his authority in class" Mr Kempen you sir need to know can't always be right. He was also a football coach soooo...

[@gusgus2062]

When bri is the only one from the OGS to come back she is generally the best and Mr. Siebold is daddyyyyy

[@MrMarohlsclassroom]

You do you with that daddy comment

[@alyssabrown1121]

You didn't say that exactly, but I see so many comments of "oh I hate that ____ left!!"

[@compassrose1466]

The people are real people. Calling a guy you don’t even know daddy is creepy as hell wtf

[@Bucck_50]

Why didn’t the other two ladies and tell come back?

[@lilreese240]

@@compassrose1466 it just means they find him attractive lol

[@jamiegoldsby1163]

Talkin about only children, I was having a discussion a few weeks ago with my brother and sister in law. They have 2 sons, 17 and 11. My sister in law was saying she can always tell which of the older sons friends have siblings and which ones don’t by how they interact with my younger nephew. The ones with siblings will always acknowledge the younger one, saying hi when they come in, and interacting/talking to him more. The only children often don’t say hi, unless my younger nephew says hi first. They don’t really interact with him at all. I’m not a teacher, I have studied psychology a bit…and I do think that kids who have siblings are socially different than only children. (Not always the case of course) i have 2 daughters and they are very loving…when they do argue, my littlest one usually ends up saying how much she doesn’t like her sister. I have to remind her how lucky she is because a lot of siblings fight so much. When I take one somewhere without the other (like when oldest is at school, youngest isn’t in school yet), if they get a treat or a toy or something, they both ALWAYS say we have to get one for their sister. “Because it’s not fair I get one and she doesn’t” I have 4 older brothers, I’m the youngest and only girl, and I don’t ever remember going to the store as a kid, getting a treat, and thinking of getting any for my brothers lol.

[@heidikickhouse-]

Could that perhaps mean you're a better parent than your own?

[@jamiegoldsby1163]

@@heidikickhouse- I think it means we can take what we learn from our childhood, and take the good and leave the bad. I also think it was the dynamic of my siblings and I. Plus I was the youngest, with 4 older brothers. I needed them to know I was boss, lol, so the dynamic in the house I grew up in, vs my kids, is much different. I hope I’m a better parent than mine, in many ways. But there’s many ways I also take from growing up. Our family was always very open, able to talk to our mom about anything. She was one of the moms that talked to us about drinking under age or whatever. She’s like “I know how peer pressure is tough. If you end up somewhere and drink, I want you to call me to come pick you up. You aren’t going to be in trouble because I want you to call me to keep yourself and others safe.” Type thing. It happened with some of us. And yes we did have to have a discussion the next day, but it was more important for her that we learn that we can trust her, and she will be there, no matter what. Yes she didn’t WANT us to do any of that shit, but she knew how kids were/are and told us all of that. Those are things I’ll pass on when my kids are older. I’d rather they come to me if they mess up, rather than continue to make bad choices and ruin their life. We ALL learn from our parents and are hopefully better than our parents. Maybe some more than others…what amazes me is how different families who grow up together, end up raising their own kids.

[@alexasutton3837]

I had a coach that made it clear I was his favorite, as in he’d let me sit with him during our study hour because I’d tutor my friend and sometimes I’d go hide by my coach bc my friend was acting dumb. One time I went up to him with this guy and asked who was the favorite I go “me or Owen?” And he fr said “Owen who?” And that guy refused to talk to me for the rest of the year loved that coach tho😂😂

[@jaynedoe727]

58:58 not me ready to fight tooo 😂😂😂😂

[@hildaottosson8660]

As a middle schooler, the drama is insane asf. For example, a guy in my class(or should i say boy, he's chronically immature) dated my former bestfriend, then another girl in the class, but then said that he was in love with another girl all along, but didn't stop asking other girls out, and trying to get 2 girls to date him at the same time cuz he though cheating on ur partner was cool.

[@kisawalker2002]

Mom of 6 here. Full time teacher. My kids have friends at home so they take care of most of the stuff with each other. Making it easier for me to get things done because they have friends and can help each other.

[@lokell541]

Water is wet and makes things wet only if the molecules are in a liquid state of matter

[@kennamfdawg]

Yes when I break up I break downnnn 😂😭

[@Goallthewayaway]

Only 30 seconds in but these three gonna be dangerous funny

[@cookie.monster]

Most scientists define wetness as a liquid's ability to maintain contact with a solid surface, meaning that water itself is not wet, but can make other sensation.

[@abbiemccoy4621]

I was "married" in high school to "Steve" a girl named Rachel she was my husband and my name was "Sharon" and we were an old married couple with a "son" who was my friend Janelle... that went on for years

[@gusgus2062]

I am 32 year old and my beef with my history teacher in high school man is a life time hate and he was 60 in 2008 and so he might be gone but still

[@thefive5453]

I love the guy in the middle voice

[@anissamcdowell1850]

Yall are so cool😊

[@katherinemccree6771]

I love you guys ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@liightlysallted408]

i was always the planner and officiator, and would get SO MAD when someone would object. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN 😡😡

[@twinklestar111888]

Water is wet..there are other things that make things wet besides water lol

[@DRIPKING343]

17:19 not bri saying in the thick of it

[@HIGHIMALYSSA]

I was just remembering me lol mood

[@TheMassie97]

Hey, Teachers Off Duty team: After seeing your episode on inclusivity, I wanted to include the fact that though I am not a California state licensed or credentialed teacher, I am a TESOL, Teacher Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages, instructor; my colleagues and I perform many of the pedagogical duties a state licensed teacher must perform, such as exam administration, grading, lesson planning, etc. However, sadly, we cannot administer government exams, such as the IELTS, International English Language Testing System, or Test of English as a Foreign Language, TOEFL, or speak with the school psychologist unless in a brick-and-mortar classroom. However, we can administer English proficiency exams, provided they are not government-sanctioned and perform all the abovementioned duties. Sadly, I am still called a tutor in many instances. However, we still have standards called the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to which we must instruct. Am I still a teacher, even if I am not licensed in the California state system but certified internationally? Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Best regards, Cole

[@krisskye4678]

Sidenote: you can totally say, not rn.

[@rooster-bh6td]

make devin a regular!

[@leekrizka4073]

I legit just thought of something…..how does Bri still teach AND go on a comedy tour? I’m just curious.

[@TDM4224]

Your nemesis is a kindergartner? If he gets in my face and says ‘you ain’t gonna do nothing. You’re a punk bitch’ He’s gonna be on my list for the day 😆😆 But also I work ebd so those are my babies ❤️

[@moonjunhui13]

I'm 21 years old now but when I was in kinder or 1st grade my bus driver (now that I think about it she deadass had a karen haircut with them highlights and self tan) 💀 anyway.... it was 7 IN THE MORNING and I was picked up from the school bus and I was minding my own business and I guess I made eye contact through her rear view mirror and I looked away cuz that's awkward and she has the audacity to let go all the kids and held me up and made me stay in the bus until all kids left and she told me " why did you roll your eyes at me?" like what??? my 6 year old ass was confused and I was like " I didn't roll my eyes at you " etc. idk My sister is 5 years older than me so she went to the middle school next to my school and the bus driver aka Ms. CUPCAKE ( because of her haircut) told my sister what happened and that I "need to learn some manners".... I was like " whatttt I didn't even do that idk what she is talking about" and ik my sister backed me up cuz she told her that I wouldn't ever do that . I was a goody goody in school and well behaved like hell nah you aren;t gonna ruin my reputation over something petty that never happened !!!! like goddamn really ??? over a 6 year old ?? I'm still thinking about that day lol

[@kinghawk5897]

What happened to the other girls

[@MrsDaedalus_]

We had one drama in High School that continued after we graduated, because that little group was still close the first year in collage. I am not from the US. I am in Austria, and High School is a little different here when it comes to classes. So our classes are not assigned by the subject, but a permanent group of people, that you are going to spend time with the next four years. And most of my classmates went to the local University. So, there was this one dude in the popular group in my class, who was all in all pretty nice and like to flirt with every girl, but my two best friends and I soon noticed that he only flirt with girls, if he needs something. Otherwise, he will just be nice to you. He was together with our class president for one year, who was one of the smart girls in our class. (She is a lawyer now.) Then they broke up when we were in our second year of High School. She moved on and had another boyfriend of one year, who was not in our school. I think it was around third year summer up to our senior year, that these two started dating again. Which surprised me and I asked one of my best friends for the deeds, because she was in the same piano group with the smart girl. And my best friend had the feeling that this dude was using her, because his grades dropped a lot and since they were still friends somehow, he asked her to help him with his grades, and they spend a lot of time in the summer. That girl still had some feelings for him, so they got together again. However, we knew that he only did that to pass the final exam. Then we graduated, and I lost touch with most of the people from my High School, beside my best friends. And funny enough, I saw the smart again, because she lived near where I lived, and I met her best friend from High School at collage once. I, of course, told my two best friends about that, and they told me that the smart girl and her best friend had a huge falling out, because of this dude. Here comes the drama, that asshole cheated on the smart girl, with her best friend and this started at the end of our senior year. My eyes went sooo wide. I knew that this dude was a player, but I never imagined that he would be such an asshole. He was attractive and charming, I admit, but with this action, he got so unsexy. Like absolutely not! Most of the drama in school is really petty, but this is something else. I'm 29 now, and I am baffled that this actually happened.

[@donnatate6327]

please put the name of your comedy on the screen. Things.

[@MrMarohlsclassroom]

Would be curious which is worse girl drama or boy drama? My opinion boy drama way worse cause they get physical! One day on the playground I heard a kid shout, I can’t believe you’re cheating on me. Legitimately just sat there and didn’t know what to say. Love Devin and Bri, but hope the pe teacher guy is coming soon

[@olly2027]

The old gay guy is gone. I did not care for him.

[@compassrose1466]

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