There are all kinds of school “relatable moments” that make you go, “So true!”—not just with people from the same school, but even with those from different schools or regions.
From things that happen between students and stories about teachers, to all sorts of incidents involving stuff around the school.
In this article, we’ll introduce these universally relatable school moments.
It’s a lineup that current students will relate to, and adults will find themselves saying, “Oh yeah, that’s how it was!” too.
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A roundup of relatable school “been there” moments (1–10)
If your date and attendance number match, you’ll be called on during class.
Which students are asked to present answers in class varies by teacher, doesn’t it? Among the methods, using the date to match a student’s attendance number is simple but a classic, so when the day matching your own roll number comes around, you can’t help getting on guard.
On days when many classes are taught by teachers who decide based on the date and attendance number, some of you may have witnessed the unfortunate sight of the same student answering all day long.
And if the class has more than 32 students, it’s also unfair that some people never get called on in class.
A teacher who says, “It took ◯ minutes to get quiet.”
Many of you have probably heard these words from the principal during morning assembly or from your homeroom teacher.
It’s a call to gather quickly and wait quietly so everyone can hear instructions when moving as a large group.
The image of a teacher waiting for the room to settle while the students are buzzing is quite memorable, isn’t it? Because everyone knows the teacher is waiting, you sometimes get mischievous students who try to see how long they can stretch the record, or teachers who add a game-like element by saying, “Let’s aim for this many minutes next time.” It seems fun to talk about these school-specific developments, too.
“Teacher, toilet!” “I’m not a toilet, I’m the teacher.”
Even if you’re in a class where you’re not supposed to leave your seat, holding in the need to use the restroom isn’t good for your body, right? Here’s the classic exchange that happens between a teacher and a student when the student absolutely has to go during class.
As the wording gets shortened, the student’s statement ends up sounding like they’re claiming the teacher is the toilet, and the teacher calmly corrects them.
You may not have actually seen this exchange in real life, but it’s a traditional school gag.
If the student is omitting words out of panic from needing to go, you kind of wish the teacher would skip the quip and just give them permission to go quickly.
There’s a girl who scolds the boys for fooling around.
When cleaning time comes and they’re freed from their desks and chairs, the boys can’t help goofing around.
Cleaning time is the classic example, but there are plenty of other situations where boys mess about, right? And the ones who end up scolding them aren’t the teachers—it’s you girls.
If you compare the different ways boys fool around and the different ways girls tell them off, you might notice each person’s individuality.
In some schools, no matter how much they’re warned, the boys never stop goofing off, and things even escalate to girls who can’t get them to listen bursting into tears.
Only the first page of the notebook has neat handwriting.
At the start of a new school year or when you get a fresh notebook, many people probably think about making beautiful notes.
But that intention—and the focus on the class and on note-taking—often fades quickly, and it’s a familiar pattern that only the first page ends up looking neat.
If you do finish a notebook, I recommend comparing the first page with the last page.
Not only might the neatness of your handwriting be different, but the variety of colors you use may have changed as well.
Avert your eyes so the teacher won’t call on you.
When a teacher poses a problem or a question during class, you sometimes can’t help but avert your eyes, right? There are all sorts of reasons—like not knowing the answer or feeling embarrassed about standing out.
Some people get nervous when students are called on at random rather than in order.
There are even cases where those who didn’t raise their hands or who looked away are chosen.
No matter where you live or how times change, it’s a relatable “we’ve all been there” moment that captures the unchanging behavior of students.
I get anxious when the same numbers appear in mark tests.
A common experience that’s been buzzing on social media is “feeling anxious when the same number comes up repeatedly on a multiple-choice test.” Many of you can probably relate.
Two or three in a row is fine, but once it goes over five, you start getting nervous, right? To make matters worse, sometimes teachers mischievously make the answers the same number on purpose.
By the way, there’s also the classic move where, because the questions are too hard, you keep marking the same number hoping to get it right.
Let’s try not to experience the latter classic, okay?
