Teachers React to the Wildest Parent Stories
Teachers Off Duty
Bored Teachers
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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They unpack everything from confusing new math that makes everyone feel lost to latchkey-kid culture, kindergarten chaos, parent–teacher conference awkwardness, and why teacher kids are held to a whole different standard. Between cartwheeling classroom entrances, glue-covered desks, and parents who treat school like customer service, the trio keeps it honest and relatable.
The conversation also hits on homework expectations, attention spans, and how teachers are now expected to be part educator, part entertainer, and part therapist. Grab your tickets to the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour and drop your funniest or wildest parent moments in the comments—we absolutely want the tea.
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| 0:00.0 | Parents saying, you know, my kids' teacher called me today and said they are acting up in class. The parent is genuinely like, what do you want me to do about it? Why are you calling me? I saw a meme to say, y'all calling me why I'm going to make him. I don't know. I was like, make him. I know, like, I've had a couple people say to me, are you a parent? And I was like, oh, okay. Conversation over. Well, you just don't understand. |
| 0:23.2 | It only happened to me a few times. Are you a parent? And I was like, oh, okay. |
| 0:21.5 | Conversation over. |
| 0:22.9 | Well, you just don't understand. |
| 0:26.5 | It only happened to me a few times, but I was just like shots fired. |
| 0:27.6 | Yeah, I don't like that. Because I want you to know, I'm going to be a parent that's going to complain. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm sick of this math. |
| 0:31.2 | If I see another 10 frame or a roundabout way to say what 2 plus 2 is or 2 times two times two i'm gonna get mad i couldn't |
| 0:38.5 | believe it when you were describing it i'm gonna get mad it's confusing i feel stupid i had to call |
| 0:43.1 | my teacher bestie who teaches fourth grade and i said hey i need you come over here because the math |
| 0:48.8 | they got on pay if timmy has 12 apples how many oranges does lisa have where the hell Lisa come from? Yeah, wait, what? |
| 0:56.1 | Common sense is not a flower that blooms in everybody's garden. A student told me their mom's. |
| 1:00.6 | That's adorable. A student told me their mom. Hey, best friends. |
| 1:19.0 | Welcome to this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty. |
| 1:21.0 | If you don't know me, I am honest teacher by BZ. |
| 1:24.3 | By BZ. |
| 1:25.6 | Now in the mood that I like it. |
| 1:27.0 | I thought I was going to get it. No, I was like, I was going to get it. I'm joined by my two lovely co-hosts. Yes. Hey everybody. I'm Anna Kowal, aka Rita Way with Miss Kay and I'm happy to be back. Hey, I'm Jessica. My Teacher Face on all platforms. I should come up with your username? Because I used to look at kids like this. Ooh. I know, and I can make it stick for like the longest time to make them uncomfortable. Yeah, oh, I can do it. I would be very, I thought I had a good teacher face. Yours is. That's for me, I ain't do nothing and that scared me. |
| 2:01.3 | I love that you got to have the glasses. The glasses are important. You do. The look over the rim is very important. I have contacts in, so these are a headband. Truth be told, that just made me so happy. I have contacts him with the headband. Got to keep it out of my face. I did that in high school. I always had my sunglasses up at 7 in the morning where the sun was still not up yet. |
| 2:21.6 | And I would wear my sunglasses in the school. |
| 2:23.6 | He was like, this is my look. |
| 2:24.7 | Yeah, like this matches my outfit. |
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