An incomplete list of gross things I’ve witnessed at school by Anonymous

Here’s a sidetrack from our review of bosses/admins/principals good and bad that is well within the realm of realjobstories.com : You can’t make this stuff up.

In my own teaching career I once had a child cough on me, a glob of yellow spittle hitting me square in the lens of my glasses. Kindergartners not washing hands or wiping after taking a crap, the strong smell of poop as they outstretch hands for a hug. Middle schoolers farting loudly in class engaging two of the senses at once. Biohazard nastiness is part of teaching and a reason why veteran educators are indestructible. They’ve developed immunity to many of the micro-beasties that students throw at them.

Student goes to water fountain and puts ENTIRE mouth over spout.

Student is using glue and it gets on their hands. they proceed to eat it off their fingers like Cheeto dust.

Student is an ankle biter. They get kicked in the face for biting ankles.

Constant snot bubbles.

Fidget meant for chewing is dropped on the ground in classroom, hallways and outside. Somehow they never get sick.

A student’s lunch: bread + banana + ketchup. Breakfast: fruit cup filled to overflowing with milk.

A notebook full of drawings of classmates complete with real hair donated by those students.

Near constant open mouth coughs.

Leaned over to help a student and they sneezed directly into my mouth.