Stories from your Classrooms - Class Captain (Page 3)

Class Captain

Sign in Subscribe

Stories from your Classrooms

Stories from your Classrooms is our way of getting the funniest, best and most memorable moments from your experiences to share with the world. If you have one to submit to us, please contact us at hello@classcaptain.co to be featured.

STORIES — Barbershop Reunion

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Barbershop Reunion

Thomas, English, USA: I went to the barber last week and a former student had the pleasure of cutting my hair and giving me a shave. He reminded me about a time I put him in detention, and he then kept making jokes about Sweeney Todd while holding the straight

STORIES — Science Experiment Gone Wrong

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Science Experiment Gone Wrong

David, Science, UK: In a lab class, I was conducting an experiment involving dry ice. One of the students accidentally spilled some of the dry ice on the floor, causing it to make a loud noise and create a large cloud of smoke. I had been talking to the class

STORIES — Classroom DJ

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Classroom DJ

Annabel, Primary Teacher, UK: One day, I came into my classroom to find one of my students had set up a small speaker and was playing music quietly in the corner of the room. The student had become the "classroom DJ," and soon everyone was tapping their feet and singing

STORIES — Explaining inflation

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Explaining inflation

Priscilla, Economics, UK: I was talking about inflation with my A-Level students, so I googled ‘cost of coke in 2019’ to prove a point. It did not go well and I will use a different drink as an example in future!

STORIES — Selfies at the ready

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Selfies at the ready

Susan, English, USA: A student messaged me on Teams saying they were struggling with the class assignment. I asked her to ‘send me a photo’ and I’d help her out. She sent me a selfie in response. Having to write ‘of the work’ in response has given me a

STORIES — Nap times at worst times

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Nap times at worst times

Joseph, Maths, UK: During lockdown, I was tutoring a group on Teams and one student fell asleep. How do I know? With her camera and mic off, I asked her to answer a question. No response. I sent her a direct message. No response. I carried on the lesson and

STORIES — Body Shaming Acids

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Body Shaming Acids

David, Science, UK: "Was teaching about fatty acids and a student shouted out that the language was body-shaming. Always makes me chuckle on a bad day."

STORIES — Of Mice and Men Memories

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Of Mice and Men Memories

Julie, English, UK: "We were watching Of Mice and Men’s film adaptation and at the end of the film, when George shoots Lenny, the whole class went silent from shock. A moment later, while I went to turn the film off and the lights back on, two troublemakers looked

STORIES — A yoga class to remember

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — A yoga class to remember

Adrienne, Yoga, UK: "I make it a point to help my students relax when doing certain poses, like a shoulder rub or quick neck rub while in child’s pose. Doing this once in a group session, a first timer, bless him, farted when I gave him a quick shoulder

STORIES — Full time teacher, part time matchmaker

Stories from your Classrooms

STORIES — Full time teacher, part time matchmaker

Ariana, Science, USA: "I have been teaching science for over 25 years. I had a new student join us in the middle of the school year about 20 years ago. I sat him next to the nicest girl in my classroom so he would have someone to help him adapt