Might Want To ‘Sit’ For This One
Daycare | NJ, USA(As the end of the school year is coming up, all the children who are going to kindergarten have to have assessments. Since I am the owner’s daughter, I am responsible for...
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a(Preschool | Dallas, TX, USA)Preschool | Dallas, TX, USAPreschool | Dallas, TX, USA(I have very long braids that I usually wear down, because I do not know how to put them in a bun. A coworker has...
View ArticleFlouring Into Bad Parents
Middle School | CA, USA(We are doing the flour-sack baby project in sex ed where you have to carry a flour sack wherever you go for a week as if it was a baby. If a teacher sees you without your baby,...
View ArticleMaxican’t Believe It
College & University | Los Angeles, CA, USA(These are two students behind me, complaining to each other that our Japanese class is tough. Student #1 is a blonde surfer girl; Student #2 is a geek...
View ArticleAll Work And No Trousers
Home | Long Island, NY, USA(I am tutoring for his state exams a high school junior who is on the autism spectrum. This student is a good student and is usually very well behaved. He tends to talk to...
View ArticleA Shining Example Of Childcare
Elementary School | IL, USA(I am supervising outside time after school. I am playing tag with the students, and I notice one kindergartener waving his middle finger at me.) Me: “[Student]! What are you...
View ArticleSchool Is Building A Reputation
Daycare, Pre-school | Wichita, KS, USA(I’m a maintenance worker at a daycare/pre-school that’s attached to a church, and I overhear this one day while I am cleaning windows.) Teacher: *leading the...
View ArticleNever Bothered With The Cold Anyway
Pool | Canada(I’m covering for another instructor’s class. One of the little girls is obsessed with Frozen.) Me: “Hi, everyone. My name is Anna, and I’ll be teaching you today!” Student: “You’re Anna?...
View ArticleIn Space, No One Can Hear The Truth
Elementary School | USA(My grandfather was a NASA astronaut. You probably don’t believe me, but I’m used to that. I am in the fourth grade. My teacher tells the class that our current subject in...
View ArticleBabying The Students
Middle School | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA(I’m the mother of two girls attending middle school, which is the closest thing to an ‘inner city’ school as we have here. It is in the middle of a low income...
View ArticleWell, Maybe In Some States…
Pre-School | Hampshire, England, UK(I’m currently visiting a local nursery to run art workshops during a festival. All of the kids (no older than four) are very chatty, and we’re discussing everything...
View ArticlePicture Perfect Sibling Relationship
Primary School | New Zealand(The school organises class photographs, individual and offers one where siblings can have a separate photograph taken. At the end of the day, they are checking all have...
View ArticleFrom The Mouth Of Babes
Pre-School | Newnan, GA, USA(My daughter and I are visiting a pre-school that she would begin attending in the fall.) Director: “How old are you?” Daughter: “I’m three.” Director: “When will you be...
View ArticleCrumbling Down The Traditional Gender Roles
Elementary School | USA(I am in kindergarten. For a class celebration, I have brought homemade oatmeal cookies, my favorite, to share with my classmates. My father is in the military and my school is...
View ArticleBabying The Child
Home | Allentown, PA, USA(I start reading at the age of four, and by the time kindergarten begins, I am reading on a second-grade level. My mother likes to talk about my first day of kindergarten.) Me:...
View ArticleA Big Cup Of Double Standards
College & University | TX, USA(The college I was attending at the time had a strict rule against drinks in classrooms other than water. It is enforced regularly and many a drink have been tossed in...
View ArticleThis Conversation Is Too Adult For You
a(Ski School | CO, USA)Ski School | CO, USASki School | CO, USAInstructor: “Okay, kids, it’s time to go meet moms and dads!” Five-Year-Old: “My mommy isn’t here. Daddy is here with his adult friend.”
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College & University | WI, USA(I walk past one of my professors, who is showing a student how he wants some packets put together for him for recruitment purposes. I also have a sibling who is a...
View ArticleI’ll Rehearse Even If It Kills Me
High School | Demarest, NJ, USA(I’m in the choir at a prestigious all-female academy and the choir director at the time is known for being a serious stickler for the rules and a notorious hard ass. I...
View ArticleLaced With The Truth
School | USA(My middle school is shared with an elementary school and a kindergarten. I’m packing my stuff up when I hear a mom and her young son.) Mom: “Tie your shoes, or the shoelace police will...
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