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Teachers don’t have to be stuffy, boring, and angry — they can be the most awesome and hilarious authority figures in your life. Those people are educators who go above and beyond the call of duty, using humor and shock to help their students learn about life.
Bored Panda collected the most exquisite examples of teachers doing funny things, so you can enjoy yourself while waiting for the weekend to start. It’s lists like these that really make you appreciate school more and not groan when thinking of an approaching Monday. Scroll down, upvote your favorite pictures, and leave a comment somewhere below about the funniest teacher stories that you know. And be sure to share this post with your family, friends, and fave teachers.
We know you can’t get enough of hilarious educators, so when you’re done scrolling through this list, check out our previous posts about the most awesome teachers ever, funny teachers who know how to deal with students, as well as the epic times that teachers trolled their students.
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#1
My High School Art Teacher's Amazing Van Gogh Costume
#2
This Is How History Professor Teaches About The First Man In Space
#3
A Little Wisdom From My Physics Professor
Humor is a wonderful learning tool and helps us retain information much better. That’s because humor activates the dopamine reward system in our brains, stimulates our long-term memory, as well as our goal-oriented motivation.
Or, to put it succinctly, we remember that which makes us laugh. It’s a fact that has been known throughout history. And it’s one of the main reasons why people living throughout history have suggested that jokes (especially naughty ones) help us remember things quicker and better. The next time you need to memorize something, try associating it with something funny and shocking.
#4
Our Professor Wears His Hat And Cape Every Time He Conducts An Experiment
#5
Today Was "Meme Day" At My Old High School For Homecoming Week. I Appreciate This Science Teacher Even More Now
#6
My School Just Got A Ton Of New iMacs. This Is What They Did With The Boxes
Sarah Henderson explains on Edutopia that humor helps unite separate individuals into a cohesive, supportive community. That’s very important in the classroom (not to mention outside the classroom as well).
#7
Sitting In My Immunology Class When
#8
There Is A Student In Class Who Likes To Draw A Cat Of The Day. One Day That Student Wasn't In Class So The Teacher Drew One Instead
#9
"My Face Physically Hurts From Smiling So Much Today, I Love Teaching You Guys" - My Professor, Who's Such A Good Soul
However, not all forms of humor are equal in the classroom: the humor that educators use has to be related to the topic for us to retain the information for longer. But cruel or forced humor, as well as sarcasm, doesn’t always have the same positive benefits that genuine laughter does.
#10
My Professor's Door (Once You See It...)
#11
Our Teacher Told Us To Get In Groups And Practice Theses Shakespearean Insults, I Love English A Lot More
#12
On A Door In The Health Sciences Building At School
#13
Students Were Asking This Professor If His Shirt Is Missing The 2nd Part
Colin Leetham 5 years ago
I have made this joke to my math students... I didn't intend it to be a mean joke...
#14
My Professor Doesn't Believe In Laser Pointers So He Uses A Fishing Pole With A Foam Finger Attached And I Can't Contain Myself During A Lecture
#15
My Teacher Raises A Picture Of His Own Face To Make Sure No Student Is Lost During The Fire Drill
#16
After Not Taking Attendance All Quarter, My Teacher Assistant Was Out Of Town On Exam Day. This Was The Last Question
D. Pitbull 5 years ago (edited)
Okay - this is hilarious. Especially if you're Asian... and you've been told all your life...*ahem* "You all look the same" I love it.
#17
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
"Professor Hendel, I am writing this email very embarrassingly. As I began writing my paper, I wrote out the template. Unfortunately, I could not remember your last name, so I filled it with something completely unprofessional. It was my intention to change the name before submission, but it completely slipped my mind. I attempted to resubmit the assignment but was unable to. I am so very sorry for the lack of respect that was used and again I apologize for this mistake. I hope that this does not reflect what you think of me and that the next assignment I can address by the correct name. Thank you again and I am so sorry. Thank you, Zoey"
#18
All Set For My Meeting With The Student That Missed More Than 30 Classes This Semester And Emailed Me To Set Up An Appointment To Talk About His Grade
#19
Spotted In The Window Of A Biology Professor Office At A Community College
#20
The Coolest Math Teacher In Town
#21
My Professor Asked Me To Bring My 7-Week-Old Kitten To The Class. He Learned A Lot About Poetry
#22
My Professor Gets The Internet
#23
So My Drivers' Ed Teacher Only Has 3 Fingers On His Left Hand And Took Advantage Of It When He Went To A Museum
D. Pitbull 5 years ago
That. Is. AWESOME! And... now... I'm thinking of Abe's Oddyssey... oh lord I'm old.
#24
My Biology Professor Was Wearing An Awesome Tie Yesterday
#25
My Teacher Hand Draws/Writes Memes And Jokes Every Day
#26
My Math Teacher's Board Today
Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
Hahahahaha, I did something similar with the GoT finale. I wrote a very clear and specific threat about anyone spoiling it for me on the board. In hindsight, I wish someone had done it and save me a couple of hours 😂
#27
Frustrated With The Same Old Questions, My Professor Ripped Off His Shirt In The Middle Of Lecture
#28
My Professor Exploding A Hydrogen Balloon Looks Like Defense Against The Dark Arts
#29
This High School History Teacher Has Been Drawing Picture Of The Day For His Students The Past Five Years
#30
I See Your Teacher's Yearbook Photo, And I Raise You This. 2 Years In A Row
#31
My Teacher Said If The Class Could Get An 80% Test Average On Our First Exam He Would Dress Up As Batman For A Day. A Pic From The Day We Got Our Test Results Back
#32
My Professor Gave Me A Present Today
#33
My Professor Brought In A 10 Mb Hard Disk From The 1960's
Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago
I can imagine the looks on the faces of those students when he explains what it is...
#34
Newton's Third Law Of Motion: As Demonstrated By My Professor, A Skateboard, And A Fire Extinguisher
#35
My History Teacher's Presidential PEZ Collection
#36
My Teacher Nailed His Student's Phone To The Wall For Using It In Class 20 Years Ago. It's Still There Til This Day
..or he just probably bought an old phone and nailed to scare students.
#37
My Professor Lost His Pointer. He's Been Using This For The Past Couple Classes
#38
College Professor Advice
#39
My Professor Wore This Today With No Explanation
#40
A Theorem And A Proof
#41
My Physics Teacher Made A Flow Chart Of Where He Is At
#42
One Of My Old Teachers Does Different Costumes For Her Yearbook Photo Every Year
#43
Professor Reads His Reviews During The Course
#44
Professor's Dog
#45
A Group Of Co-Workers Messed With A Teacher Who Was Very Picky About His Chair By "Borrowing" It Every Weekend And Taking It To All Sorts Of Crazy Places And Taking Pictures
#46
We Had A Test Today And My Teacher Couldn't Make It So He Told The Sub To Put This On The Screen
#47
My Professor Said He Spent Two Hours Trying To Match His Powerpoint With His Tie
Gipsy Kings fan 5 years ago
Wow! Very impressive. I wonder if he got the idea from the ready-made PowerPoint template called "Dad's Tie": https://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/dads-tie-powerpoint-template/
#48
My Teacher Put Up A Picture Of Himself On His Door So It Looks Like He's In His Office
#49
This Is My Chemistry Teacher
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Sterrinatu 5 years ago
I had an Econ teacher that would teach us Karate moves every day before class.
Whawhawhatsis 5 years ago
I had an English teacher who had us put Merlin on trial for miseducating Arthur. It lasted a month, all in all. We had to read The Once and Future King from cover to cover to do a decent job, and I recall at one point we decided that our teacher, who was the judge, was unfair, so we went on strike. It was the most amazing educational experience I ever had! Thanks, Mr. Cushman!
Christa Ward 5 years ago
In HS, if you had a certain GPA, you were exempt from final exams. My Sr year, my Eng/Lit teacher overheard my BFF bragging about not having to take the essay portion of his exam, so he assigned her a special project... a 5 page essay on the life cycle of a shoelace... and it had to make him 'feel'. He never graded it, but he had it bound like a book with cover art, a title and sweetly sarcastic inscription and gave it to her at graduation to remember him by. She's 46 and it's still on display in her home.
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago (edited)
Best advice I had was from my 7th grade math teacher Coach Gulf. First day of class he drew a long straight line and a hash mark in the middle. Told us all as of today we're half way through school. If we gave up or quit after today, we would have quit after being half way done.
Carol Emory 5 years ago (edited)
During our high school greek week, we had a day of Bessie Bingo. Basically mark off a nearby field in grids, then walk a cow around the field and whatever square it craps in, that's who wins. But the highlight was seeing both our principal and vice-principal leading "Bessie" around wearing gold crowns, gold capes, gold gardening boots and golden shovels. And they did it like they were leading their kingdom to victory!
Libby 3 years ago
My high school English teacher had a whole fursuit and would wear it on random days. Any other day, he had a suit a tie. He also had a strict obsession with Scooby-Doo, Avatar the Last Airbender, and Star Wars. He was the coolest teacher I've ever met and the coolest teacher I ever will meet.
Larry Levy 4 years ago
My professor did not see himself as an entertainer. Instead he began each class with a question and gave us 5 minutes to write an answer. Sometimes we would exchange with a classmate and write a reply to them. Often he collected all of them and wrote responses. He believed it was important to put everyone to some purposeful work and not treat us like spectators.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 5 years ago
This makes me want to be a teacher, just so I can be totally wacky and get away with it. LOL
Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago
My father was a teacher and had two desk signs the students liked - "Give a Damn" and "Eschew Obfuscation."
Sterrinatu 5 years ago
I had an Econ teacher that would teach us Karate moves every day before class.
Whawhawhatsis 5 years ago
I had an English teacher who had us put Merlin on trial for miseducating Arthur. It lasted a month, all in all. We had to read The Once and Future King from cover to cover to do a decent job, and I recall at one point we decided that our teacher, who was the judge, was unfair, so we went on strike. It was the most amazing educational experience I ever had! Thanks, Mr. Cushman!
Christa Ward 5 years ago
In HS, if you had a certain GPA, you were exempt from final exams. My Sr year, my Eng/Lit teacher overheard my BFF bragging about not having to take the essay portion of his exam, so he assigned her a special project... a 5 page essay on the life cycle of a shoelace... and it had to make him 'feel'. He never graded it, but he had it bound like a book with cover art, a title and sweetly sarcastic inscription and gave it to her at graduation to remember him by. She's 46 and it's still on display in her home.
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago (edited)
Best advice I had was from my 7th grade math teacher Coach Gulf. First day of class he drew a long straight line and a hash mark in the middle. Told us all as of today we're half way through school. If we gave up or quit after today, we would have quit after being half way done.
Carol Emory 5 years ago (edited)
During our high school greek week, we had a day of Bessie Bingo. Basically mark off a nearby field in grids, then walk a cow around the field and whatever square it craps in, that's who wins. But the highlight was seeing both our principal and vice-principal leading "Bessie" around wearing gold crowns, gold capes, gold gardening boots and golden shovels. And they did it like they were leading their kingdom to victory!
Libby 3 years ago
My high school English teacher had a whole fursuit and would wear it on random days. Any other day, he had a suit a tie. He also had a strict obsession with Scooby-Doo, Avatar the Last Airbender, and Star Wars. He was the coolest teacher I've ever met and the coolest teacher I ever will meet.
Larry Levy 4 years ago
My professor did not see himself as an entertainer. Instead he began each class with a question and gave us 5 minutes to write an answer. Sometimes we would exchange with a classmate and write a reply to them. Often he collected all of them and wrote responses. He believed it was important to put everyone to some purposeful work and not treat us like spectators.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 5 years ago
This makes me want to be a teacher, just so I can be totally wacky and get away with it. LOL
Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago
My father was a teacher and had two desk signs the students liked - "Give a Damn" and "Eschew Obfuscation."
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