Times your teachers surprised you

[The Funslinger]

Education. Something all of us must go through in order to find a place within society. Inevitably, this means spending a lot of time in the company of these teachers. Possibly the same ones for years at a time. Arguably, you get to know them pretty well. And yet, all this time in their company is yet more opportunities for them to do something that completely blindsides you.

It can be freaky and tragic such as "that guy was into child porn!?", it could be an asshole being strangely generous, or an otherwise decent guy doing something evil. Or it can be as hilarious as my example below. Plenty of threads have risen and fallen about times teachers screwed you over. This is just about how they mindfucked you.

My History teacher from years 9-11 (ages 13-16 for non-Brits) was in a Disney advert.


At about 0:33, the bald guy.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well my favourite teacher from primary school (he's so awesome!) used to be a rugby player from a few towns away where he was teaching. Granted his team weren't exactly famous but he shows us a newspaper photo of himself during a match.

Also one of my Science teachers in High School used to teach this student many years ago who became a star of his own documentary show like Steve Irwin, David Attenborough etc (I forgot his name). She used his video to educated us on a animal related subjects.

 

[Lionsfan]

I had a history class, and the professor was this quiet, dignified black guy. But as the class went on we found out that not only was he a former drug addict (like heroin, crack, LSD) but he was in the Detroit riots of '67

 

[The Funslinger]

I had a history class, and the professor was this quiet, dignified black guy. But as the class went on we found out that not only was he a former drug addict (like heroin, crack, LSD) but he was in the Detroit riots of '67

The quietest ones are often the most deadly.

My first secondary school History teacher was the fattest, most aggressive, short tempered and downright strange woman with the most unpleasant accent you've ever heard.

I nearly died when I found out she had a husband. Poor bastard he is.

 

[The Funslinger]

The time my English teacher surprised me while I was getting supplies from the stationery cupboard. Oh the things she made me do to her...

I jest, I jest. I did have a massive crush on her though. And the Drama teacher. My school seemed to have this thing for hiring really attractive women when it came to humanities subjects.

Did you have a creepy headmaster, by any chance?

 

[Unfairestsquid]

i agree with the quiet ones thing,i had this one special ed teacher she was quiet but nice to everyone and it turned out her last job before teaching was working as a cop, she said she did it so she could beat up child molesters.

 

[Realitycrash]

I had a math-teacher that was an Anarchist and once sent a letter to the government trying to nullify his citizenship so that he wouldn't have to pay tax for things he believed to be immoral.
Pretty cool dude, all and all.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

The only case I can really think of is having some sexual thoughts about a couple of my average-looking female teachers, my headteacher being a pretty funny and laidback guy (before I actually started the Citizenship class he was teaching for, I?d initially passed him off as one of those old, boring and stuffy men), and learning that my History teacher takes kickboxing classes. I happened to start at the same kickboxing school she?d already been training at for a while.

i agree with the quiet ones thing,i had this one special ed teacher she was quiet but nice to everyone and it turned out her last job before teaching was working as a cop, she said she did it so she could beat up child molesters.

Wow. That's, uh...that's special indeed. Is she, by any chance, Ellen Page?

Ignoring the fact that cops aren't actually allowed to beat up child molesters and something must've happened to her or a close friend/relative beforehand to warrant that desire, but whatever.

 

[The Funslinger]

I had a math-teacher that was an Anarchist and once sent a letter to the government trying to nullify his citizenship so that he wouldn't have to pay tax for things he believed to be immoral.
Pretty cool dude, all and all.

Wouldn't that mean he'd be deported?

 

[Realitycrash]

I had a math-teacher that was an Anarchist and once sent a letter to the government trying to nullify his citizenship so that he wouldn't have to pay tax for things he believed to be immoral.
Pretty cool dude, all and all.

Wouldn't that mean he'd be deported?

Not having a citizenship doesn't mean deportation, just means you can't benefit from free healthcare, education, etc. But, of course, the whole thing is absurd - Where would they deport him too? And why would this country accept him?
You can't "quit" your citizenship, and he knew this. He just wanted to make a point.

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

I knew a teacher who was just awesome.

She had been in the Army, AND she had a pub.
She had a lesbian daughter (who was also awesome), and she was doing degrees while teaching.

Man, some people can just do anything and everything!

 

[The Funslinger]

I had a math-teacher that was an Anarchist and once sent a letter to the government trying to nullify his citizenship so that he wouldn't have to pay tax for things he believed to be immoral.
Pretty cool dude, all and all.

Wouldn't that mean he'd be deported?

Not having a citizenship doesn't mean deportation, just means you can't benefit from free healthcare, education, etc. But, of course, the whole thing is absurd - Where would they deport him too? And why would this country accept him?
You can't "quit" your citizenship, and he knew this. He just wanted to make a point.

Silly anarchists!

It's as as Plato said. If you honestly take issue with the legal practice of a place, you should sooner leave than break said laws.

Unless you're in North Korea, in which case, you may be a bit up shit creek.

 

[The Funslinger]

I knew a teacher who was just awesome.

She had been in the Army, AND she had a pub.
She had a lesbian daughter (who was also awesome), and she was doing degrees while teaching.

Man, some people can just do anything and everything!

I aim to be one of those people. People ask me why I want to tour in the Royal Marines even though my end goal is to become a writer.

This is why.

 

[Athol]

My history 12 teacher killed three men (for sure), and was responsible for the deaths of several more.

He joined the US Army out of highschool, and did a tour in Vietnam as a radioman, calling in a napalm strike on an NVA position during a firefight. He became dissalusioned(sp?) with what was going on both there, and back home, so after his tour ended he moved to Canada.

It suprised the hell out of us students, because he seemed more like the counter-culture/hippish type, rather than a former soldier. He was probly one of my favorite teachers, as he was laid back and managed to keep the course interesting. (He was also known by staff and students alike as 'Cowboy' because he always wore cowboy boots.)

 

[Soviet Steve]

My Danish teacher turned out to be a fundamentalist Christian who believes that the bible is literal. She also let everyone down by jumping ship from her job (we were in a one-year course) at the last minute and leaving us with no teacher for weeks. Course was completely ruined and I dropped out owing to the breakdown in discipline. :l

 

[Psykoma]

My math teacher in grade 9: Would tell us of his drunken escapades. And how the next day after a huge binge when he peed it looked and smelled like the vodka he was drinking the previous day. So his logic said for him to piss it into a cup and could still smell the alcohol. His next idea was to drink it, and he made sure we knew that he could still taste the vodka.

My french teacher in grade 9: Used to come to class hung over in cocktail dresses with blisters on her face and totally hung over from the previous night. Every class.

My french teacher in Grade 10 and 11: We found out he had a doctorate in mathematics and another one in some science. It was super fun, a lot of people in the class would have him calculate 10 or more digit square roots in his head.

My economics and math teacher in grade 10: He would have a mug of what he told us was tea every single class. We found out that what was actually in there was roughly 4 shots of whiskey. Apparently he refilled it several times per day. Every day.


This was a private school. >.>

 

[Nexxis]

My professor for my ethics class during my undergrad years was a jolly lighthearted guy with a white handle bar mustache. Everything about him screamed sweet grandpa. I could picture him in a log cabin, sitting in a rocking chair in front of a fireplace on a hallmark Christmas card. Oddly enough, this guy was a hard core biker. He had a collection of motorcycles and participated in quite a few motorcycle events. Mostly Bike-tober Fest since it was local (this was in Daytona Beach, Florida). Normally, that wouldn't have been surprising, but he just doesn't seem like the type. One student even asked him if he would wear a leather jacket and chaps when riding around. I think he just said "yes" to the jacket.

Edit:
I just thought of another. My 2nd grade teacher left teaching to become a stuntman. He left after that school year ended. He was a cool guy and I was sad to see him go.

 

[6037084]

When our we went camping to a small island with our current physics teacher/head of our class or whatever it might be elsewhere in the world, he didn't give a shit about us drinking even though we we're all underage. When we went to watch a football match in the closest bar and 2 of my classmates bought a bottle of vodka for a ridiculous price the only thing our teacher said was " Vodka cmon you could have bought something better, or at least waited until morning to get it for half the price at a store"