Teachers Of Reddit Are Sharing That One Thing That Never Changes After Seeing Generations Of New Students Every Year

"Sixth-graders will either be pre-puberty, going through puberty, or are already past creating a weird-ass classroom with small children and damn near grown adults learning the same things." —u/mississippijohnson

"Every year, there is a male student obsessed with tanks and other weapons from World War II. Will obnoxiously correct PowerPoint slides mid-lecture. I started putting ridiculous pictures of modern or cartoon tanks into my World War II lectures because life is too short not to." —u/ThomasMaxPine

"When I teach 'dix-neuf,' at least one student shouts, 'Deez nuts.' Thirteen years without fail, even virtually last year." —u/merfemme

"If a bee/wasp gets into your classroom, they will all FREAK out, and you have just lost the entire lesson. Every time." —u/kz896

"Teenage boys are never dressed properly for winter weather. Never. Shorts, mocs, socks, and a sweatshirt. I don't even know if my guy students own a winter jacket." —u/SalemScout

"One thing I saw every year (taught for almost three decades) was some students' willingness to put lots of work into cheating, but not actually studying. I've never understood it." —u/cmehigh

"The kid that asks questions they know the answer to, just to flex on the other kids. It was true when I was a pupil; it was true when I was at uni; it was true whenever I went to a training course for any kind of job." —u/RockMeDoctorZaius

 —u/eclips1st 

"At 13, boys and girls are just on two different planets. Girls will be focused on school, talk and act like grown-ups most of the time, while boys are playfighting, socially clueless, and they will laugh at literally the dumbest things imaginable." —u/dingbatyokel5000

"They change a lot in like a month." —u/fowldss

"I teach high school. One universal truth is that teenage boys, especially those that identify as straight, will draw dicks on anything if given the chance." —u/Dobbys_Other_Sock

"A lot of them think they don’t like the subject, but if they can connect with ONE thing — story, assignment, teacher, a classmate — it’s a whole new ballgame. I love seeing that moment; it’s what keeps me in the profession." —u/mamacroker

"Every set of seniors come up with a new trend that often doesn't really break any rules, but is annoying all the same." —u/barest_minimum

"Every class has its own unique personality. Hence no two classes have ever been the same to me even when it's the exact same syllabus and assignments. It's pretty interesting to me sociologically, seeming to reflect Gidden's structuration theory." —u/bearsito

"It's amazing how much they love getting geoboards out, snakes and ladders, chess." —u/Needawhisper

  —u/goyo_designa