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鈥楳y Dad Is Nocturnal鈥 And 10 Other Funny Things Kids Have Said to Their Teachers

By Stacey Decker & Marina Whiteleather 鈥 November 30, 2023 1 min read
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Kids say the darndest things. That鈥檚 why America鈥檚 classrooms are full of unfiltered hilarity.

While teachers often work to quell students鈥 silliness, they sometimes have to stop and laugh along.

Like this teacher who felt cute, only to be roasted by her students:

Here at 91直播, we love when educators share some of their students鈥 best quips. So recently, we for even more. What we got back was a mix of cute, creative, and cringey one-liners.

Below is a roundup of some of those responses:

Thanks for the compliment?

鈥淎 student once came up and hugged me and took a big whiff and said I smelled so good... like tacos!!鈥

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鈥淚 love you like my mom, but not in a weird way.鈥

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鈥淵ou鈥檙e just like my grandma, she is round and squishy too.鈥

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Ouch

鈥淭he year was 1996. I wore a turtleneck, and the first kid walking into class said that I looked like roll on deodorant.鈥

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鈥淒id you do that to your hair or is it just bed head?鈥

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鈥淒id you know anyone who was on the Titanic?鈥

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Hilarious observations

鈥淲hy is my forehead crying? (he was sweating)鈥

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鈥淚 was playing a lot of Adele, and one of my 11th graders came up to me, real serious, and said, 鈥楳s. Carter, who hurt you? Do you need to talk about it?鈥 鈥

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A little too much information

鈥淥ne of the students told me that he was going to give his Granny one of his teeth because she only has four teeth.鈥

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鈥淲e were discussing nocturnal animals and I had a student raise their hand and say, 鈥楳y dad is nocturnal.鈥 鈥

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鈥淒addy slept on the couch last night.鈥

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