Category: Teacher Story

Teachers, I have a story for you all that will tickle your funny bone! I promise, we all need a little levity in our day-to-day classroom adventures, don’t we? So, it was a typical hectic Monday morning in my bustling 4th-grade classroom. Students were chattering away, sharing tales about their weekend adventures. I, on the…

Bobby entered my class at the start of the fall term. He had a reputation from previous years for being terrible at math and didn’t seem interested in changing this. He often said, “Math isn’t for me, Mrs. Reed. I just don’t get it.” This was a challenge I was ready to accept. By nature,…

Every teacher knows that each day presents a new challenge. For me, such a day occurred last Thursday, when the usually quiet, bookish Amelia decided to bring her collection of glitter pens to school. The look in her eyes shone brighter than the pens in her box set – she was eager to share her…

In a classroom filled with vibrant energy and diverse personalities, all the young scholars bring a different colour to the room. But let’s talk about this one student of mine, Timmy, a modest kid with an enormous heart and high-spirited persona. It was a drearier than usual Monday. The weekend seemed to have organized a…

One day, I was teaching a lesson about chemical reactions. However, it turned out to be one of those days where the students seemed uninterested. I could see every bored face as they stared blankly at the chalkboard. But then, something strange happened that made my day! I noticed my most disobedient student, Joey, was…

Hi there, fellow teachers! My name is Mr. Adams, and I am a middle school math teacher in a small town in Idaho. I have a story that I want to share which involves a bright but difficult student named Billy, and how I managed to turn his lack of interest in math into his…