Teachers are a huge part of a child's life. In fact, the words we hear from our teachers can have an impact on us even when we're all grown up. Research shows that positive feedback from teachers results in more engagement from students. And when teachers throw a dash of humor in it – it's even better.
A funny note or a comment on a graded paper humanizes a teacher: even if there are 20+ of you, it's nice knowing that a teacher took their time to notice you. Bored Panda has found the most wholesome and hilarious notes that teachers have written to students and their parents. From ironic clapbacks to harmless dad jokes, these notes might make you wish you had a teacher as cool as this.
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A Kid At My Daughter’s School Lost Their Tooth, And I Imagine They Were Very Sad That The Tooth Fairy Wouldn’t Come
So the teacher wrote an official letter to excuse them! So wholesome.
My nephew once lost a tooth and swallowed it. His note to the Tooth Fairy said: "Dear Tooth Fairy. I accidentally swallowed my tooth. Can I still get money?" 😂 He's got priorities.
A Teacher Sent These Notes Home With Her Students To Give Their Parents
I Asked My Teacher For A Note To Go To The Library. He Gave Me This. They Didn't Let Me Into The Library Because I "Didn't Have A Whole Note"
My Math Teacher Gave Me A Little Response Note. I Left The Drawing, She Left The Note. I Love Her A Lot
When? I'm 54 and just want to lay down on the railroad tracks
I Wrote A Note To My Teacher On A Test I Failed. Her Response
He Is A Really Great Guy
This Is Super Sweet
This Is Wonderful. And May I Add Very Impressive Cursive Handwriting? A Disappearing Art
"Hey Bridget,
Congratulations - wonderful to see you reading the news this week.
Have watched you developing earlier with much interest.
Best wishes for continuing success in the future."
My Daughter's Preschool Teacher Wrote Her A Note When She Was Out Sick For A Day
American Family, Daughter In Japanese Daycare. Her Teachers Sent Her Home With This Note Today
Apparently, Japanese clothing sizes are not made to fit tall, skinny American kids.
The Woodshop Teacher Ran Out Of Sticky Notes, So He Sent My Student To Class With This As A Pass
"Demi Cut Her Hair Today. I'm So Sorry"
I once cut off way more than that when I was a kid. That's barely anything. I probably would have covered for Demi. 😁
Found An Old Note My 5th-Grade Math Teacher Wrote To My Mom
The Notes My Teacher Leaves Us
Finally, Cleaning Out Joss's Backpack And Came Across This Note From Her Teacher
We’d emailed beforehand, and she asked for help editing the lesson to be more inclusive, and unbeknownst to me, she offered this reassurance to my kid during a potentially confusing and scary moment. What a gift to have her in our corner last year. Thank you to every adult out there treating kids with this kind of respect and care. You give me hope.
I'm guessing they mean she could go to the lesson for either boys or girls. Which of course is going to trigger a few people.
Nat Came Home Today With This Note From Her Teacher
My Daughter’s Teacher Did A Mailbox Drop-Off This Morning, With A Lovely Note And Treats For Her And For Us. It Actually Made Me A Bit Teary. It’s All So Hard
I Couldn't Stop Laughing
Or, better idea, don't give him the IPad at all and allow him to experience life outside. Go play, socialize, literally anything. And you'd be giving in to his tantrum if you simply handed over the device.
My Theater Teacher Wrote This In My Yearbook. I Just Wanted To Share
School Is In Full Swing, And That Means Happy Mail. I Love Sending Home A Few Cards Every Month To Each Student To Remind Them Of How Awesome They Are
So We’ve Successfully Gotten The 2 Weeks Of School, And She Brings This Home
That Is So Sweet
My art teacher couldn't even art 😭 she would craft monstrosities and hand them to us with a smile. Now, I'm not putting down her artistic values, as as a poor artist myself I understand that it's the thought that counts, but she literally made a lumpy one eyed flesh monster box out of clay and tried to get me to "observe it" 😭 no thanks I'm good
The Bald Man
My Godson's 2nd Week In 1st Grade... This Is What His Teacher Wrote In His Journal
Teacher's Note For Us Summer School Custodians
I ALWAYS asked my teachers if they would be around in the summer, so I could fit them in to my 'deep clean' schedule.
My Teacher Sent Me This Note After I Was In The Hospital For A Week
I'm 5 Days Late In Posting This. I Was Packing Up My Books Because I'm Moving Houses, And I Found This Note
It was from my 7th standard English teacher who really encouraged and shaped my love of reading and put up with my general know-it-all-ness in school.
I loved when my teachers would sign my yearbook (I know this isn't a yearbook but the sentiment is similar), though I had to tear out a page after a pick me snuck her way onto a sheet. She called me a "slayful baddie"... page burned.
This Note From My Kid's Teacher
In addition to the errors cited by Grace is "Enjoys to read from his book bag," a terrible sentence. I would have returned this note with corrections in red and sent an image of it to the principal. Teacher needs to take their own advice.
My Mom Found This Note From My Teacher Who Took My Pikachu
When Teachers Cover The Clock In Their Classroom
That's the class of kids who now cannot read an analog clock, sabotaged by their own teacher.
Received This Note From A Teacher: I Remember Those Workshops At School
"Dear Ken,
Many many years ago you did a workshop at Thomas Tallis School.
A group of disenfranchised footballers followed you like the pied piper wanting you to autograph their footballs, for they became the new football.
It was a joyous piece of business that has stayed with me."
It's The Little Things
“Austin, continue your art and writing of stories. Perhaps one day you will have a book published too! I hope you have a fun summer vacation together.”
About the "perhaps ...you will have a book published": "Austin Kleon is an American author of five books: Steal Like an Artist; Show Your Work!; Keep Going; Steal Like An Artist Journal; and Newspaper Blackout."
Found My High School Yearbook. This Was The Note My Economics Teacher Left Me
"You are a fine gentleman and a budding scholar with a good moral compass. Stay on course. In the immortal words of Alfred Tennyson, as quoted in the greatest film of 2014, Interstellar, “Do not go gently into that good night.” Dgent until your heart’s content."
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is a poem by Dylan Thomas. One of my absolute favorites: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near d***h, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." (edited to add second set of quotation marks)
So We're Doing A Self-Help Unit, And Our Teacher Gave Us All Notes That Had One Thing She Liked About Us To Get Us Started On Writing What We Like About Ourselves
Sometimes simple words are all you need!
A Note Written By My Secondary School Teacher 10 Years Ago. I Grieve The Person I Used To Be
"Your determination and dedication towards learning are amazing. At this age, with countless distractions one might face, you have managed your priorities very well. You have also been a wonderful sister to your brother and an inspiration to many others.
Be you. Be awesome! Go out and fight for what your heart desires!
All the best for OS! You can do it!"
I Recently Started Attending College After Graduating From High School 10 Years Ago. Today I Got This Note From My Teacher On The Last Paper I Turned In
"Your work is an absolute pleasure to grade, Mr. You write very well."
Odd...I took a couple on site college courses that my employer paid for. Profs would come to our facility to instruct. No where NEAR the abysmal student I was in HS. It was a piece of cake (statistical process control, computer class). A few folks got their nursing degrees and quit, which prompted the employer to restrict future classes to business related.
