• From fire juggling to shredding on an electric guitar, the Planet Dolan crew re-enact
some of the best true stories from our subreddit about the coolest thing we’ve ever seen
a teacher do.
I’m Nixxiom and today I’ll be your narrator.
Number 10 was submitted by PikaRae Pringle
When Pringle was in High school he had a really cool math teacher who was especially accommodating
to students needs.
For instance, Pringle always had a ton of problems with math, so one day his teacher
asked him what kinds of things he liked.
Pringle told him about his love for the games ‘Valkyria Chronicles’ and ‘Dragon Age’.
The next day his teacher came in with some worksheets with Valkyria Chronicles and Dragon
Age themed questions!
Pringle could tell all he really did was read the Wikipedia article for them, but it was
still super awesome that he went to all that effort just for him.
Number 9 was submitted by tsl3161991 Pandora
Pandora’s third grade gym teacher was the coolest.
Before becoming a teacher, he was a juggler and acrobat in the circus.
He even taught them things he learned in the circus, like how to juggle.
Possibly the coolest thing he did happened near the end of the year.
He promised that if the students' grades were good enough, he would juggle flaming torches.
Not surprisingly, he actually kept his promise, and did a fire juggling routine at the end
of the year.
Number 8 was submitted by err_my_lerdy Andie
Andie’s 8th grade teacher was a big ‘World of Warcraft’ nerd like she was.
They would always talk about ‘WoW’ parodies, and the idiots they met in raids.
When someone would finish their test he would let them create a WoW trial account.
Andie already had her own account, and she would regularly play online with her teacher.
He was a “Worgen Warlock” and Andie was an “Undead Rogue” - both of them around
level 80.
Her teacher would buy a pack of WoW cards for anyone that scored higher than his level
on a test.
He even let Andie and a couple of the other kids use his WoW private server.
Number 7 was submitted by atomicsarky Robo
Robo’s former chemistry teacher was a really cool guy.
One of his best moments came during one fateful lesson, when they were using Bunsen burners.
All was going smoothly until a boy started screaming – Robo looked in his direction
and saw that his hair had caught fire.
Nobody around him knew what to do.
The teacher jumped down from the table he was standing on, ran across the room to the
panicking boy, and pulled him into a bear hug to smother the fire.
The boy sustained some burns to his face and his hair looked weird for a while, but he
would have suffered a lot worse if the teacher hadn’t been there to help.
Number 6 was submitted by Techrenamon Zaraganba
It was Zaraganba’s last year of high school and he was out in the hall after getting kicked
out of class, when his teacher, Mr Mike, stepped out of the classroom for a moment.
When he returned, three students had decided to hold the door closed so he couldn't get
back in.
Zaraganba could see him getting really angry.
He knew that Mr Mike was no ordinary teacher - he did MMA as well as teach grade 10 math.
He got so infuriated that he couldn’t get back in, that he punched the door, putting
his fist through the wood.
Zaraganba was shocked, as was everybody else in the classroom.
Mr Mike yelled at the three boys to sit back down, and went back to teaching as if nothing
had happened.
Number 5 was submitted by Wingless_Nightingale Cid
Cid had a world history teacher named Mr Demaris.
He would often talk about his collection of historical artefacts, and on occasion would
bring them in.
One day he said to the class, "Later this week we will be talking about Vikings.
If any of you show up in a somewhat historically accurate costume, you automatically get an
A on this next test.
If more than 3 of you do it, I'll show up in a full suit of armour on Monday, and will
wear it for the full week."
Friday rolled around, and three of Cid’s classmates were wearing rags, and covered
nearly head to toe in paint.
Mr Demaris was impressed at the attention to detail.
By the time Monday rolled around, Cid had totally forgotten about the armour, but, sure
enough, when he walked into his 5th period history, there was Mr Demaris, standing in
a suit of 16th century, French battle armour.
Cid nearly dropped his books.
Just as he said, Mr Demaris wore the suit for the whole week.
Number 4 was submitted by relic Ghost Toast
Shortly before his graduation ceremony in 1980, Ghost Toast had a separate ceremony
in the auditorium for students who had won scholarships and school awards.
This included speeches from various teachers.
Ghost Toast’s music teacher, was among them.
A classical musician, he was a pretty straight-laced guy.
He started his speech and showed them all an electric guitar he had with him.
He started playing just like he usually did - classically.
Then he suddenly said, "But you all more likely expect THIS..."
He then proceeded to shred like the spirit of Eddie Van Halen possessed him.
Everybody in the auditorium gave him a round of applause.
Number 3 was submitted by echo_4 Doopie
Doopie was in class one day when suddenly a kid yelled out, “THERE’S A POLIWRATH!”
Doopie’s teacher then asked him, “wanna go catch it?”
Everyone screamed yes!
The teachers were so used to seeing students playing the game that he let each kid leave
class one at a time to catch the Poliwrath out in the hall.
Number 2 was submitted by ThorsDemon Melissa
Ms Theedie, Melissa’s third grade teacher, noticed a boy in her class was always late
and missed class multiple times a month.
She didn't ignore this or punish the kid; she sat down with him and asked him why.
It turned out he was a child of a single mom who worked so hard his older siblings had
the job of waking him up and getting him ready for school.
Being much older and still mourning the lost of their father, they were skipping school,
and ignoring their task.
So Ms Theedie bought him an alarm clock, and made sure he had breakfast by getting everyone
to eat first thing in the morning.
For the rest of the time this kid was in school she gave him the help
he needed.
Number 1 – What’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen a
teacher do?
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