Just the idea of getting a test back might fill you with an unexpected wave of dread. Even if you have been out of school for a while, some deep, buried memory might flare up, wedding shivers down your spine and digging a pit in your stomach. Some teachers do their best to inject a bit of humor into the situation by adding some comments, jokes, and even drawings to the tests we would prefer to throw out.
Fortunately, all these pieces of teacher creativity have been immortalized by the camera and the internet. So get comfortable, don’t focus on the test questions too much, and scroll through this list of what must be dubbed “teacher humor.” Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own experiences below.
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Brother Of A Friend Turned In This "One-Page Essay" Thinking He Had Beat The System. Teacher Had Fun With It
Bless This Teacher
Agent P(Oints)
As much as we might have dreaded the exams of our youth, as usual, our early contemporaries had it worse. Take China, for example. The Imperial examination, or kējǔ (meaning, less grandly, "subject recommendation,") was a pre-Medieval set of exams that potential bureaucrats and state servants had to take. Candidates were practically locked in a compound for multiple days to prevent cheating. At least they were allowed to bring snacks and a chamber pot.
The whole event was so serious that candidates who died would have their corpses physically thrown out of the compound. While it’s unclear how often this actually happened, it seems that the stress and time requirements of the test must have claimed at least a few victims. Even if you were relatively healthy, there were other potential risks. The exam required direct, exact knowledge of Chinese classics. A misquote could get you disqualified.
Why Are There Rings On Saturn?
As An 8th To 9th-Grade Science Teacher, I Noticed My Students Would Draw A Lot On Their Papers. Anytime I Came Across A Drawing, I Added Something To It
So My Algebra Teacher Is A Huge LOTR Fan. So To Add To His Collection... I Got Him The Stamp To Rule Them All
Europeans took a bit of a while to catch up. The University of Bologna is considered the longest still operational university in the world and there is some evidence that they had semi-formal examinations in the 12th century. Otherwise, European examinations were sporadic and not really unified, and only by the 18th century did the idea become more commonly practiced across multiple educational institutions, much to the continuous sorrow of most students.
I Mean Whatever Works
Seniors Post This Message On Their Teacher's Door. End Up Looking Stupid
This Teacher
The teacher has a sense of humor. If I had done this, I would be the one that died
Only in the 19th century, in British-ruled India of all places, did the idea of a mass, standardized competency exam reemerge. Since then it has been applied everywhere from civil service to grade schools. And if the ABCD-F grading system also creates some degree of revulsion, you can place the blame squarely on Mount Holyoke College of Massachusetts. While still common in the US, most places use a numeric system that is more intuitive and easy to calculate.
My High School English Teacher Posted This On Facebook Today
This Teacher Knows What’s Important
A Teacher Who Made This Kid's Day
Many of the drawings and comments here are more of a response to a somewhat desperate, similar drawing by a student. More enterprising students will, instead, cheat and probably try to draw, literally and figuratively, as little attention as they can to their answers. We all know the classic cheat sheets, smuggling in a phone, or some elaborate Morse code system that two or more students might employ. In countries spanning multiple time zones, Like Russia, or areas with standardized testing, like Singapore and the UK (and Hong Kong, back in the day,) where students “ahead” of others' time zones would just send images of the exam to later time zones.
My Roommate Is A Teacher. This Is How He Graded This 10th-Grader's Math Test
Jesus says leave me out of this equation kid. I got bigger issues to deal with
Student Puts "#yolo" On A Test. This Is The Response From The Teacher
Kind of ironic coming from a teacher, notorious for having low wages. #raiseteacherswages
This Teacher Knows Memes
YEAAAAHHH BABY, THAT"S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. THAT"S WHAT I BEEN WAITING FOR
Setting aside cheating, the images, if not the direct content here is probably familiar to many. Math questions, essays. The multiple-choice seems like an oasis among these options. Just sit down and pick the one that seems the closest. Often, people report the idea that your instincts will guide you on a multiple-choice section. This is statistically false. While we all can remember one of those times we changed a correct answer to a wrong one, studies show that generally we do better on the second pass, it’s only those painful memories that distort our thinking.
A Friend Of Mine Is Math Teacher Responds To A Doodle He Drew On His Test
Ripped A Hole In My Math Test. This Is What My Teacher Drew
We Asked Our Biology Teacher For The Funniest Answer Someone Has Put On A Test, We Were Not Disappointed
The teacher's comment says: "Impress her by talking about how atmospheric nitrogen can be used to age artifacts. Works for me every time - Mr. J"
The other reason many of us felt some comfort in multiple-choice sections is the knowledge that one could still guess and hope for the best. Unfortunately, those dastardly pedagogical specialists have developed grading systems where the “score is reduced by the number of wrong answers divided by the average number of possible answers for all questions in the test.” In other words, no more easy points by just guessing.
My Calculus Teacher Bombed My Golf Course On My Test
Touché To My Physics Teacher
My Cousin Is A Teacher And Posted This Today
My Math Teacher Has A Stamp Of His Face That He Uses On People’s Tests If They Do Well
So where can I get a stamp of my face? Asking for a friend of a friend. (Me)
Funny Biology Teacher Is Funny
I was not aware of just how many ninja drawings on tests there are! And this is just a minority of them!
My Son's Teacher Is Proud Of Me
Drew This On The Back Of A Quiz I Took. My Teacher Responded
Student: "The rent is too damn high."
Teacher: "The quiz scores in this class are too damn low."
My English Teacher Noticed My Drawing So I Noticed His
Not Even Frustration Deserves To Be Lackluster
Math Problem Solved
I Have A Tradition With My Teacher To Draw Each Other Memes On Exams So Here Is Another One
One Of My Students Gave Me No Data On Their Assessment. I Gave Them Something As A Present
Cheaters Never Win... Unless They Follow This Advice
When You Try To Be Funny But Your Teacher Counters Back
This Student Forgot To Draw The Tail
Reminds me of an old relative of Queen Victoria who rather enjoyed hunting elephants. On one occasion, he shot the elephant, chopped off its tail and danced on top of its body. However, the elephant wasn’t dead, just stunned. It proceeded to get up and run off!
This Teacher
Well It Was Worth A Try
As someone who went through the English state education system in the 1970s and 80s, I'm both incredibly jealous and thankful that my daughter has teachers like this. They are not perfect by any means, but they are far more approachable and human. Yes, these teachers will criticise or correct, but guess what? That's their job, along with praising and encouraging. I'm especially grateful that most of the teachers I experienced would never be allowed near a classroom now.
While I had great teachers, I don't recall any who were witty when grading or correcting papers. Loved this,
Load More Replies...Yep. In my secondary education (90s) you were not allowed to draw in tests. They were seen as formal documents and a representation of you...
Load More Replies...Ok, how is that the students have the time to draw in the middle of the test?
If you don't know the answer, but tried to answer anyway (or left it blank) you may have 10 to 15 minutes as a lot of teachers don't collect test when your done but after a certain amount of time.
Load More Replies...As someone who went through the English state education system in the 1970s and 80s, I'm both incredibly jealous and thankful that my daughter has teachers like this. They are not perfect by any means, but they are far more approachable and human. Yes, these teachers will criticise or correct, but guess what? That's their job, along with praising and encouraging. I'm especially grateful that most of the teachers I experienced would never be allowed near a classroom now.
While I had great teachers, I don't recall any who were witty when grading or correcting papers. Loved this,
Load More Replies...Yep. In my secondary education (90s) you were not allowed to draw in tests. They were seen as formal documents and a representation of you...
Load More Replies...Ok, how is that the students have the time to draw in the middle of the test?
If you don't know the answer, but tried to answer anyway (or left it blank) you may have 10 to 15 minutes as a lot of teachers don't collect test when your done but after a certain amount of time.
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