27 Teachers Admit the Most Ridiculous Things Students Have Said

by Irvi Torremoro

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Showed my students a picture of the titanic on its end beside the Eiffel Tower to give an idea of scale. A student asked how they got the big boat to balance while they took the photo. The whole class cracked up and I gently explained things to her

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A kid in my class called the ovary of a flower the clitoris

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A student called me “Mom” recently. I’m a male with a giant beard. (In her defense it was one of those reflex things…I’ve gotten called “Dad” more than once, and students are thoroughly embarrassed when they do it.)

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Teacher: “Dave, can you please write x + 9 on the whiteboard” Dave: “How do you spell x?”

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My favorite sex-ed question was “When you say ‘unsafe sex’ do you mean like sex on a helicopter?”

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.