Nothing Wastes Teachers’ Time More Than This...

Teachers Off Duty

Bored Teachers

Comedy, Stand-up

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at pointless paperwork, wished for fewer duties, or mastered the art of avoiding staff meeting Q&A sessions—this episode is for you.

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Teachers, we know your time is precious—so why do so many things in education seem designed to waste it? In this episode, we’re diving into the everyday tasks that make us question our sanity. From writing objectives on the board that no one reads, to responding to parent emails asking for information they already have, to the never-ending battle with jammed copy machines—we’re saying what every teacher is thinking.

Join hosts Jess Smith , Leslie Robb and Jared Lamb as they vent, laugh, and keep it real about the time-sucking struggles of education. We tackle the absurdity of mandatory newsletters that parents ignore, school-wide announcements that no one understands, and the dreaded moment when you're asked to cover a class during your precious prep. And don’t even get us started on tracking student bathroom visits!

Plus, we chatted about how teachers can reclaim some of their lost time, and Jared shared how he eliminated intercom announcements at his school (is he a genius or a rebel?). And of course, no Teachers Off Duty episode would be complete without some hilarious confessions—like which of us may or may not have walked away from a jammed copier without fixing it. (No judgment… okay, maybe a little.)

Tune in, laugh with us, and remember: you’re not alone in the struggle!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:00.7	On this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty, we are talking about all of the things that waste teachers time.
0:06.7	And this one's not going to waste your time.
0:08.5	So you're not going to want to miss it.
0:29.0	Okay. Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Teachers Off Duty.
0:33.7	I am Jess Smith, teacher tales of Miss Smith. And with me today, I have two of my very very good friends so excited to once again
0:40.4	share the mics with we have the lovely Leslie Rob of Leslie Rob comedy guys Jared Lamb
0:48.8	Principal underscore Lamb glad to be back here as an administrator. Yeah, no kidding.
0:55.2	We're so excited.
0:57.3	You did, you did pretty good.
0:58.6	You did pretty good.
1:00.9	I just wanted to thank the teachers for accepting me.
1:02.6	I love it.
1:04.2	Love it.
1:06.3	If we have a drop in downloads, we'll know why.
1:14.1	The board teachers comedy tour is coming to a city near you.
1:20.9	We are going all over the United States, and more dates are going to be dropping very, very soon.
1:22.4	So please stay on the lookout for that.
1:26.4	But for now, I want to talk about the spring shows that we have coming up.
1:29.2	Starting April 3rd.
1:40.7	We are going to be in Rochester, New York, Elmira, New York, Johnstown, PA, Morgan Town, West Virginia, Asheville, North Carolina, which was just added.
1:50.0	Let's go Asheville, Knoxville, Tennessee, Columbia, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Key New Hampshire, my hometown.
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