Funny back to school stories

1. Hopefully, history doesn’t repeat itself

It was my first day teaching at a new school and I was extremely nervous. Thankfully, everything went really well! After my last class, I jumped into my car and drove home. One problem, it wasn’t my last class. I ditched my own end-of-day history lesson.
— K.K., Ottawa ON

2. Next time try Gesundheit

I’m a teacher at the local high-school and last year, during silent reading, one of my students sneezed to which I mistakenly yelled, “Happy Birthday!” It goes without saying, it was not a great first day back.
— S.L., Toronto ON

3. At least you beat traffic

I’m the mother of three school-aged children and one year, on their first day back to school, I tried to beat the typical traffic by dropping them off early. After leaving them I headed directly to the spa for a massage. After an hour, I went back to the change room to grab my things and noticed 12 missed calls. Apparently, school started the next day.
— E.M., Kitchener ON

4. An A+ for swagger

On my first day back teaching, I had a student who was not on the attendance list. When I asked if he was in the right classroom he responded, “no, but I’ll always cherish the time we spent together,” then walked out the door.
— V.M., Toronto ON

5. To be fair, race car driver is an awesome future goal

Years ago, when I was a student, the teacher asked everyone to share their name and a future goal. Because it was the first day back, I was very anxious and completely forgot to say my name instead I shouted, “race car driver!”
— P.K., Toronto, ON

6. This burn is third degree

During my first day as a preschool teacher, I thought we’d have some fun and learn about the different body parts using modeling clay. I had a student who was working on what I thought was the head, so I asked, “is that the head?” She replied, “no, it’s the butt.” Then she added more clay and said, “that’s your butt.”
— L.R., Toronto ON

7. Awe, to be in love

When I was a grade seven student, the first day of school was also the day I wanted to impress my crush. Although I didn’t exactly have a plan, I positively ended up making an impression. During lunch, I walked past her and (out of fear) stopped swinging my arms. The next day, everyone was walking around with their arms glued to their sides.
— J.T., Toronto ON

8.  She has a point; it should be BBLT

I’m a teacher at a small school where staff take turns supervising the cafeteria during lunchtime. The first day of school also happened to be my shift and I overheard a student ask why her BLT had bacon on it. Her friend said, “you ordered a BLT, what did you think the B stood for?”  To which she replied, “bread.”
— D.L., Ajax ON

Here's to a first week that's full of great memories. If you've run into a few roadblocks, at the very least, there might be a few good laughs that you can make light of. Share your back-to-school stories with OTIP on our Facebook page. We can't wait to read them!

Note: All stories are original content sourced from our Ontario Insurance Teachers Plan team.