Teaching Kindergarten vs. Middle School: The Showdown You Didn’t Ask For

Teachers Off Duty

Bored Teachers

Comedy, Stand-up

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this hilarious and heartfelt episode of Teachers Off Duty, hosts Bri, Anna and Lauren dive deep into the chaos, comedy, and classroom realities of teaching at opposite ends of the age spectrum — kindergarten and middle school.

From soggy French fries in backpacks to drama-fueled middle school breakups, this episode offers an unfiltered look at the wild things kids say and do, no matter their age. The teachers compare notes on everything from hygiene horror stories and awkward parent-teacher conferences to fire drills gone wrong and the stress of standardized testing (including a literal chicken nugget fire that set off alarms during state exams).

They also explore the stark contrast between innocent kindergartners who still believe their teachers sleep at school and hormonal middle schoolers who vape, gossip, and push every boundary. Despite the differences, one truth rings loud and clear: kids of all ages are unpredictable, hilarious, and in desperate need of patient, passionate educators.

Bonus laughs come with discussions about students’ strange behavior, TMI stories, and the shared trauma of teacher duty—especially during car rider lines and state testing. They wrap with a hilarious game idea: Was it Kindergarten or Middle School? (Spoiler: it could be both.)

Teachers, parents, and anyone who needs a good laugh about the reality of the classroom.

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0:00.0	This year I have had more action here than I have in years.
0:05.0	And they like to touch each other a lot.
0:07.0	They hit each other all time.
0:09.0	I'm like, hey, when y'all get married in 10 years, I want a wedding invitation.
0:13.0	We had a, I think it was a fifth-grade wedding recently.
0:16.0	Shut up!
0:17.0	That's right.
0:18.0	Girl, they had made like, bouquets.
0:21.6	They had like a whole setup and my teacher bestie,
0:24.4	she's one of the parrots, and she goes,
0:26.2	I shut that down so quick.
0:28.4	One of the kids that day was like,
0:29.5	Ms. Richson and Sucson said,
0:30.6	it looked like you got your wig off of T-Mew.
0:32.5	I would have gotten fired at me.
0:34.3	Second of all, this is not a wig.
0:36.3	Second of all, do your assignments. Spell T-Mew. The worst, too, when you
0:40.4	know, like, one of the boys is like dating two different girls and the girls don't know. And I'm
0:44.0	like, not you a cheetah. What are we supposed to do? I'm like, I just stay out of it. Oh, yeah,
0:48.3	because she asked me who her brother's dad was. That was the other thing. The dog? The dog's dad? Yeah. Like I, I said, I said, Payton,
0:56.2	I don't know who your brother's dad is. And then I said,
0:59.9	and then I said, Hey everybody, welcome to teachers off duty.
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