S4 Ep36: What Teaching Gen Z is Really Like

Teachers Off Duty

Bored Teachers

Comedy, Stand-up

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Gen Z's sass meets classroom brass….

Welcome back to Teachers Off Duty with our hosts KC Mack, HonestTeacherVibes: Bri Richardson, and the Angry Gym Teacher, Tom Filline!

Let’s have a real talk about Gen Z. They’re just built different. What is up with these snack smugglers and TikTok pre-stars?

Maybe we shouldn’t cry or laugh at the hilarious yet frustrating reality of teaching Gen Z students who don't know how to do a simple signature. It's a skill we often take for granted, but for this new generation, it's a foreign concept. Maybe they figured out a better way?

Signatures stump them but we’re the ones lost at their new language that we can barely keep up with. And it's not just in the hallways, it's in the classroom too. From slang to memes, it's like a whole new language that we have to learn.

And speaking of not keeping up with, we argue with KC about the infamous "shoe crease" dilemma. These kids refuse to change into their PE shoes because they don't want to crease them. He says he gets the issue, us not so much…..

Drink some hot tea to prepare to yell “WORLDSTAR!” at the next teacher debate because it might just hit the internet. Who knew there was a whole wave of Gen Z students starting "fight pages" on social media. It's a disturbing trend that’s taking off - one page even got a brand deal….

But it's not just the students who can be a handful. There was a teacher trying to bully a student who was bullying others. She thought it would hold up a mirror to their actions but that’s just not the route to take bestie.

It’s not always crazy, sometimes its outright HILARIOUS. From "Mrs. Funny Face" to "Mr. Cool" to “[REDACTED]”, these nicknames humble us real quick.

2:37 - Chalk Dust Confessions Begin
5:45 - Gen Z Hooligan Behavior
10:03 - Social Media Meets Syllabus
15:15 - Teaching Tech: Hit or Miss?
20:47 - Third Grader Mystery Story
25:58 - Behind Teacher's Lounge Doors
30:42 - Latest Tea on Teaching Fads

Besties! Don’t forget - Teachers Off Duty listeners can get $10 off your first purchase by using the link: https://StoryWorth.com/TOD

So tune in and listen up “bruh”! It’s about to get “lit” up in here. No cap.

Don’t forget to follow and subscribe for your weekly dose of recess from reality. You bring the coffee; we’ll bring the stories!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey what's up on this week's episode of the Teachers Off Duty Podcast
0:04.2	we're going to be talking about Gen Z students so that means we're going to be talking
0:07.8	about Riz Skibity PIPPAPs
0:11.6	ip's bibilly bopbop-u-i and K-k-a-e- that exactly you don't know what I'm talking about
0:19.3	do you me nilly stay tuned Stay tuned. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
0:33.0	oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
0:35.0	oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, What's up, up educators, who are educating the educators?
0:56.1	It is us the educators who are educating the educators entertaining the educators at the teachers off-duty podcast that's right another wonderful week
0:59.3	It is your man Casey Mack back with that sauce.
1:04.0	I did it.
1:06.0	It was a whole week.
1:07.0	I was gone, a whole week.
1:08.0	I was gone.
1:09.0	I was gone.
1:10.0	Man Casey Mac back with these wonderful people to my left and my right.
1:13.6	Tell them who you are.
1:14.8	Two is right.
1:15.8	Sorry, I cut off, Bree.
1:17.5	No, we're going right first.
1:18.8	It's fine.
1:19.8	Right that left.
1:20.8	Tom Valene, angry gym teacher, right here. Now the left. Tom Veline, angry gym teacher right here.
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