23 Photographers Share the Most Cringeworthy School Portraits They’ve Taken

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A teacher once brought her various pet parrots to be photographed with her.

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Definitely the girl whose skirt was so tight and small that she couldn’t hide her panties when she was on the stool. I wasn’t the one photographing her (three of us do photos at once during orientations), but I heard the commotion and walked over and could not believe it. She ended up getting her photo taken standing.

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I was at a charter (alternative?) school that had all grades in one school. A second grade kid walks up and hands me their name card. Before i can even say hi, kid quickly and annoyedly says “My name is Patricia, not Patrick. My teacher thinks I’m a boy but I’m a girl.” Goes and sits on the stool. She had shorter blonde hair and was wearing leggings and an orange shirt with a big picture of a tiger. Her teacher looked like she was about 103 and just one of those fuddy duddy types, ya know? I felt really bad for that little girl.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.