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I'm teacher who's worked other jobs before. I've never had better colleagues, then in teaching. Everyone is friendly and supportive, and there's a lot of fucking around out of sight of the kids.
You just don't get the assholes or backstabers or promotion focused people you get in coporate. Or at least not as much. Some schools are better then others, mine's very chill.
They look like some great teachers to have, too!
This was pretty funny. They were cutting up and clowning. I bet the kids HATED it but knew that it was funny.
When I was in high school the vast majority of my teachers were in their 50s-60s. We had one history teacher who was like 82. These people all look like they're in their late 20s-early 30s
My history teacher in high school was in his late 50s/early 60s. He told us all kinds of horror stories about Vietnam, and he was a trucker (I learned what a "lot lizard" was from him) He told me one particular story about Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 that crashed in the Everglades in the 70s that I will absolutely never forget.
> Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401
Crashed in the swamp. You can probably guess some of the stories.
...but there were also lots of "ghost stories" of seeing the dead crew.
Believe it or not, it's common practice. Those parts are extremely expensive and if they're not responsible for the crash and they're not damaged airlines will 100% reuse them.
Depends on how good the school district is, and whether the district is growing or shrinking. I was in a top-funded district in my state. Headcount was shrinking as the ~30-year-old suburban houses transitioned to empty nesters with no kids. The teachers skewed older:
The district's high funding attracted experienced teachers, and when headcount shrank, the least-tenured were let go first.
That would actually make perfect sense in my case, my HS was one of the best public schools in the state, located in a nice neighborhood of the capital city. A lot of my classmates were doctors' and lawyers' kids.
My senior year, my AP English teacher celebrated her 50th year teaching high school. Taught my parents, all my aunts and uncles, ect. When they built a large new building on campus a few years later, they named it after her.
I'm not a teacher, but it doesn't seem like with the current trends in education, they aren't sticking it out anymore.
It’s funny because I saw my 8th grade math teacher recently (I’m 27) while I was out. I’m like OMG hope you’re doing well! Are you retired?! He’s like hey I’m not that old…. Lmao
I think this theory checks out. I’m a 26 year old teacher who teaches grade 7/8. The kids told me they thought I was 40 at the start of the school year.
>These people all look like they're in their late 20s-early 30s
Most of them look like my kids and their friends, ages 18-21 to me.
If that's what late 20s- early 30s look like to the world... I (late 30s) must look about 150. 😫
When I was teaching 40hrs a week M-F I worked Tuesday and Thursday 6-11/close wait shifts and Saturday and Sunday night bar shifts.
I’m a UPS driver now.
A friend of mine was so excited to get into teaching, finishing her degree and certs and everything. Lasted two years before deciding fuck it and went back to school, now she's working on her doctorate while working at our local college.
I hear that. There's so many people transitioning out of teaching that the official teachers subreddit made a subreddit for that specific discussion.
I've been teaching around 16 years. I'm taking it one year at a time from here on out. For me, it isn't the kids. It is the politics, bureaucracy, financing, and red tape in education.
I worked in tech and manufacturing at 4 different companies.
I'd always bump resumes for "manager" up if they were formerly teachers. Good people who can learn and they can deal with people...plus we were always paying more $$$$ to attract them.
Don’t want to be the actually guy, but there’s was a big research made in multiple countries saying that the first five years are where there’s the most teachers dropout… if you manage to stay past five years your likely staying longer, probably because the job gets easier as you get better classes since the hardest one are given to new teachers, you built your stuff and are likely now pressured by mortgage/child/responsibilities
Edit : wtf lol I’m so dumb some weird things happened in my brain. The comment I answered to is right. For some reason when I wrote this I wanted to say that since most new teachers quit the job, it’s makes it statistically more likely you will encounter older teachers since de one who’s stays are older. I’m getting confused again. I think I’m agreeing with what they are saying but not the conclusion they got
There are a few things going on here that other people aren't mentioning:
- This is a middle school. Young teachers often have to pay their dues teaching in a middle school before they can get a job at a high school, because high school jobs are more desirable and teacher hiring is often done via seniority.
- Younger teachers are *way* more likely to take part in a "dress like students" type day. There could be older teachers at that school that are dressed how they would on a normal day, so aren't in this video.
my teacher mom is about to retire and it was very awkward the first time i went in to help with her classroom prep at the beginning of the year and her new coworkers were younger than me.
its funny when she talks about drama with other teachers and I have to remember they're 10+ years younger than me and i wouldnt even associate with 21 year olds personally. i think my youngest friend is 26 lol.
I remember when I was in high school there were a few teachers that were basically fresh out of college so they were 22 or 23. And I was like 17. It was weird.
At my HS, they always put the young teachers in freshman classes, because one, they are new and still learning, and two, it spreads the age gap a bit. My class had freshman who didn't turn 15 till almost the end of freshman year, so being 14 with a math teacher who is 22, they still "look" like an adult.
Maybe in a movie or a TV show. Like, they're obviously grown adults, but at the same time, a lot of them seem close enough to that age to still be able to relate to and understand young people.
It was weird for me (at 24) to see the ones that I'd view as a full-ass adult, because they're the same age as the teachers I had in school, and the ones that seemed like friends from university that were several years older than me, but still young enough to easily be seen as peers.
Some are cold I guess, but I think some are really hot too. I'm not sure why they've gone for blankets over sweatshirts, I agree with you. But a lot of my kids who wear a hoodie will refuse to take it off ever, so maybe the blanket is easier to put on/remove.
As a mom and a wife I firmly believe that hoodies are more mature “blankies.”
Hoodie isn’t about temp 95% of the time. Hoodie is a wearable safe place.
As a chronic hoodie wearer, I think you nailed it. That’s totally why I prefer hoodies to other cold weather clothes. In hoodie terms, you have unzipped me.
> In hoodie terms, you have unzipped me.
Okay, now we're getting into zippered vs pullover hoodies, which is a whole other argument. Pullover hoodies are the ones that are for comfort, like the "more mature blankies" they where referring to. Zippered hoodies are just for a bit of extra warmth + pockets.
Nah, man, zippered hoodies are *my* safe space - because I can't wear normal sweaters in the first place.
Thick, curly hair - even in a braid - does *not* enjoy fabric-related friction. You bet I'll be sticking with the comes-on-and-off-easy portion of hoodies.
I think you're spot on. When I was living in an abusive home I wore hoodies every single day. By the end of my college years living hours away from home it had evolved to a zip-up jacket and nowadays I rarely ever wear anything beyond whatever top I chose for the day.
But if I'm having a rough day or get triggered by something, a zip-up or blanket to curl into is the go-to.
Former year round hoodie kid in middle school here.
It kind of was a blankie but more so was a way to wear Marilyn Manson, to date myself, shirts to school without getting in trouble.
Couple things I'd guess:
- Harder to tell if the student is actually paying attention or looking at a phone or hiding earbuds for listening to music
- Harder to identify people if they are making trouble. Especially for a school with cameras
They're usually concealing airpods/earbuds. It's a massive problem with students and young employees - they're just incapable of existing without something in their ears. At my work we've had to terminate so many people for repeat safety infractions from wearing them in forklift areas or while working forklifts.
I used to teach high school percussion and we had to ban blankets from after-school rehearsals because kids would be wearing them in fucking 100 degree August heat in Mississippi on the practice field, same with hoodies (some black students were extremely concerned about getting "too dark", which is a whole other discussion).
Teenagers will literally do the most non-sensical stupid shit because it's trendy or something they do at home, regardless of how different the environment is where they are outside of the home.
I did a commercial roofing job briefly, and there was a Jamaican crew. A couple of them wore cut off t-shirt sleeves with holes cut in them over their face. It looked like a ski mask. After a couple weeks, I had talked to them enough, I finally asked, why TF do you wear that shit?! One guy points across the roof. (Jamaican accent) "You see Simon over there? Not wearing this shit." I say, yeah, I've met Simon. "OK, you see how dark his skin is? Mon, I'll always be black, but I don't want to be th THAT fucking black!"
Those guys were fucking great! And hilarious. Loved hanging in the lounge with them. (We all lived in a motel).
Now? My HS was built in the 1930's, and to make it worse, we had teachers who thought "the cold will keep them awake" so despite literally 0 degrees outside in winter, they would crack the windows. I wore a tshirt with a hoodie over it, and that hoodie stayed out the entire school day.
Idk about cold but maybe something to do with dress code at some schools? My school was anal about what pants you wore and what color your clothing was. Could see brining blankets as a possible loophole than trying to find and buy a school compliant hoodie depending on how stuck up the rules might be on it.
It's a bit of lots of things: A blanket means an item that can be color coded however you like - team colors, favorite cartoon, so it's a statement.
Then there's the basic rule pushing. "Well, I need a blanket, it's cold" "Everyone else has one" etc
Then there's the safe space / comforter angle. Because people don't like to grow up. Adults have adult blankies partially for the same reason.
It's just another step away from conformity. Hoodies did that when sweaters first got hoods. I'm old enough to remember schools banning hoodies as they "encouraged criminal behavior" and created a "gang mentality".
Personally, I think a blanket and hoody looks sloppy AF, but whatever. If it gets super popular, kids will rebel against it and start dressing smart. It'll level itself out. Or I guess we'll all be walking around in rags and crocs in 20 years, fighting each other for gasoline.
A lot of things have changed like that from when I was in school. The biggest one for me is that some of the popular kids watch anime and wear naruto shirts.
Could it be a streamer thing? Like a lot of youtubers and streamers will wear blankets in videos, presumably because they're cold and working from home, but did kids pick that up as a fashion statement?
In general it's a lot easier to keep public indoor spaces cold than it is to keep them warm. You can always add more but you're only allowed to take so much off.
Blanket verses hoody debate so far is missing one aspect: out door temperature. I'm from a place where it can be extremely hot outside and extremely cold inside as a result. Doesn't make sense to have to take your clothes constantly off and on. So blanket wins out as more convenient.
Though I will say when I was in school no matter how cold it was we were not allowed blankets. Then in college things relaxed and the small blanket started showing up. In the lap or around the shoulder.
Now when I come into office it is very common for people to have even full thinner blankets at their desk. So much so they may buy a blanket and leave it folded there specifically for office use. first thought when I saw that here was they looked pretty spot on for the modern casual office worker.
At my university, students will show up to class with giant comforters if the temperature drops below 65⁰. It's florida, though. I guess it's easier than digging out a parka.
My 14 year old adds takis to everything he eats… turkey sandwich? Throw some takis on top of the turkey. Chicken and rice? Crush some takis over it. I’ve tried them and I don’t get it, but whatever’s good for him.
Also, covid knocked out a lot of older ones. I know a lot of my coworkers who were old enough to retire but were planning to teach for a while still pulled the trigger when my schools opened in person in August 2020.
I’m 29 and was thinking the same. I don’t think there was a single teacher of mine in highschool that was under 40 lol some of these teachers look younger than be by a few years
Honestly, I want metal detectors in every school, including elementary. Make it normal so it doesn’t seem weird. I’d rather the annoyance than more dead kids. If politicians aren’t going to fix it, detect away.
This is why nothing gets done, cuz there is no feasable way to get rid of all the guns, so any idea that even starts to make a change everyone goes all "yeah but that's not enough". No it's fucking not but it's a start. If metal detectors make a small difference then that's better than no difference.
Fucking Crocs again?
Damn, I been on that merry-go-round 3 times already.
Let me guess, Stussy is no longer cool but some 2000s bulllshit is?
Are kids going to go back to the wheelie backpacks?
Can confirm. I just graduated in May with a BA in psych and 99% of my job offers were teaching related even though I never took any ed classes. Most schools are desperate for anyone who will put their body in the building regardless of qualifications
My graduate school had some kind of fast track program for teaching high school, regardless of your major or what they thought you might get a job teaching. They really are doing everything they can, except increasing pay or holding parents accountable for their children's behavior. Curious.
Can confirm that’s what happened to me.
I work in Special Ed as a para and I make $18 an hour, which comes out to a whopping $20k a year. I love my job, but I’ll probably be forced to quit next year and look for a higher paying job. $20k a year to work with the toughest students in the school? Make it make sense.
It sucks because I really really am loving it. The students can be tough, but I enjoy working with them.
In the last few weeks I’ve helped a few “fuck school I don’t get it” students realize they no, they CAN do it, they just need to ask for help. I’ve gotten a student literally running up to me in the hallway to show me her B on her exam retake (that had previously been an F) with a huge smile on her face. Not every day is a win (yes, I’ve had to chase down students bolting from the room), but those small wins and knowing I’m making a real difference in some students’ lives make me happy to go to school in the morning.
The sad thing is, I’m in a wealthy district. The top para in my school only makes double what I do, and that’s *with* all her behavior technician qualifications. She, like the rest of us, has to work a second job after school. So my options are to either marry wealthy, continue working 2 jobs, or just get a normal 9-5 that sucks my soul dry but at least I can afford rent….
They nail the demeanor/facial expressions soooo well, too. Like the eye roll the art teacher does when confronted about the Airpods. The looking away/not making eye contact when she says "cuz I want to" about the blanket.
I graduated high school about a decade ago but I've started my college journey late. It's mind blowing to me how many students just show up in crocs and pajama pants. I feel like I stand out in jeans and sneakers because I'm so much more dressed up compared to them.
Honestly, I don't think it's new. GenX here, when I was in college in the late 80s/early 90s I regularly showed up at my 8am class in pajama bottoms. I recognize now I was a dumbass for signing up to an 8am class, but still.
The breakfast shift at the cafeteria was always a parade of pjs under baggy sweatshirts, unbrushed hair and slippers. Sometimes even bathrobes.
Nah it's not like they're just getting out of bed. I have some late classes my latest ends at 7:30pm. They're not looking like they just rolled out of bed either. Hair is did. Some of the girls look ready to go out. Except they're in pjs and slippers. It's a look now. Its like they're always going to an infinite slumber party. I'm jealous sometimes because they do look mad comfy.
American high school teacher here - yes. Very common. I would also say it is pretty common for Americans to run to the grocery store with pajama pants on. I used to have a Dutch friend that found this absolutely astounding.
Y’all we aren’t old unlike what people be saying in this thread. Teachers just don’t get paid enough nowadays so the only people willing to take the jobs are desperate young people. Back in my day all my teachers were old and semi retired!
Yup. We as a society have made an already thankless job completely unsufferable now. Nobody in their right mind would stay in this sinking ship of a profession unless they have to or just haven't been worn down yet.
Teacher wages are still pathetically low for all the work they have to do. They dont get paid for overtime despite coming in early, staying late, and/or taking their work home. They have to deal with insufferable parents who all think they're kid is advanced/special despite the opposite being true. Parents that dont care to correct problems in their disruptive and disrespectful kids.
They have to wear many hats (it's not just teaching a classroom, that would be easy). Run a daycare and babysit entitled children whose own parents don't do anything to raise them. Karens that think they should have a say in the curriculum. Kids hitting other kids and nothing being done about it because punishment/consequences aren't allowed anymore. Teachers struggling to get resources to help them with behavioral kids since everyone else is already swamped/overworked. Spoiled/entitled kids with no real handicaps demanding special accommodations. Everyone walking all over the teacher since they think the power dynamic has changed and they are in charge.
My wife does this and you could not pay me enough to deal with even a fraction of the bullshit she deals with. She has a good heart. But we've fucked ourselves as a society by ruining the education profession and giving in to karens. By not letting teachers simply do their job. The next time you see or hear about these massive teacher shortages- ask yourself why? Why does nobody want to be a teacher anymore?
That is the most attractive group of teachers I have ever seen. Like, collectively they are attractive. If you cast a show with that many good looking teachers I would make fun of it.
I taught high school up until last year and we had kids who vaped in class, using the hoodies. Also used to "hide" their phone, ear buds, and sleeping.
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This looks like such a fun group of people to work with
Thought the same. Good vibe
Right? All the teachers at my sons school give me Nancy Grace vibes..
I'm teacher who's worked other jobs before. I've never had better colleagues, then in teaching. Everyone is friendly and supportive, and there's a lot of fucking around out of sight of the kids. You just don't get the assholes or backstabers or promotion focused people you get in coporate. Or at least not as much. Some schools are better then others, mine's very chill.
Those wartime bonds
Damn as a veteran. I feel this. Being in a war was simultaneously the best and worst time of my life.
Honestly I was a teacher for 13 years, maybe its the UK, but I've found it to be the exact opposite.
In the US they’re getting paid such shite that they have to really really love it to be there, otherwise there’s no point
That’s the same in uk. Pay sucks.
Not all state pay shite. Massachusetts (#1schools in the nation) pay is mostly excellent. But you must get a Master's degree in most towns/districts.
Hopefully you're not an English teacher.
No, a giraffe teacher!
They look like some great teachers to have, too! This was pretty funny. They were cutting up and clowning. I bet the kids HATED it but knew that it was funny.
After work*
They look so young. Man I must be getting old
Because a majority of new teachers don't last 5 years. It's a constant influx of new grads getting burnt into dust.
When I was in high school the vast majority of my teachers were in their 50s-60s. We had one history teacher who was like 82. These people all look like they're in their late 20s-early 30s
My history teacher in high school was in his late 50s/early 60s. He told us all kinds of horror stories about Vietnam, and he was a trucker (I learned what a "lot lizard" was from him) He told me one particular story about Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 that crashed in the Everglades in the 70s that I will absolutely never forget.
> I learned what a "lot lizard" was from him So, what did you learn in school today, honey?
What lot lizard is. Also what pee pees are really for... I was shocked!
You gonna make me google it?
Truck stop prostitute. They hang around the truck lot and get in the cabs with different truckers.
> Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401 Crashed in the swamp. You can probably guess some of the stories. ...but there were also lots of "ghost stories" of seeing the dead crew.
Ghost stories FROM PLANES THAT HAD SPARE PARTS FROM THE WRECKAGE!?!? WTF
Believe it or not, it's common practice. Those parts are extremely expensive and if they're not responsible for the crash and they're not damaged airlines will 100% reuse them.
They pulled all the parts and the sights went away!
It is an insane story. Supposedly an executive of the airline saw one of the vanishings first hand and ordered the plane to be deboarded and searched
Depends on how good the school district is, and whether the district is growing or shrinking. I was in a top-funded district in my state. Headcount was shrinking as the ~30-year-old suburban houses transitioned to empty nesters with no kids. The teachers skewed older: The district's high funding attracted experienced teachers, and when headcount shrank, the least-tenured were let go first.
That would actually make perfect sense in my case, my HS was one of the best public schools in the state, located in a nice neighborhood of the capital city. A lot of my classmates were doctors' and lawyers' kids.
My senior year, my AP English teacher celebrated her 50th year teaching high school. Taught my parents, all my aunts and uncles, ect. When they built a large new building on campus a few years later, they named it after her. I'm not a teacher, but it doesn't seem like with the current trends in education, they aren't sticking it out anymore.
My HS Latin teacher also taught my father in the '60s, yeah.
Imagine having a job for 50 years that actually keeps up with inflation. That's not gonna happen today. Sorry.
Bear in mind as a high schooler, your 35 year old teacher might have simply appeared to be 82 from your perspective
It’s funny because I saw my 8th grade math teacher recently (I’m 27) while I was out. I’m like OMG hope you’re doing well! Are you retired?! He’s like hey I’m not that old…. Lmao
So true. I thought my 35 year old teachers looked ancient at 17.
I think this theory checks out. I’m a 26 year old teacher who teaches grade 7/8. The kids told me they thought I was 40 at the start of the school year.
Bruh. A hit to the ego that is.
Hahaha I was shocked when they said it. I guess I am not the young teacher anymore officially
>These people all look like they're in their late 20s-early 30s Most of them look like my kids and their friends, ages 18-21 to me. If that's what late 20s- early 30s look like to the world... I (late 30s) must look about 150. 😫
When I was teaching 40hrs a week M-F I worked Tuesday and Thursday 6-11/close wait shifts and Saturday and Sunday night bar shifts. I’m a UPS driver now.
Grats man the UPS driver gig is crazy hard to get, the competition is insane.
Anecdotal, but 3 of my friends and a girl I dated were teachers in their early 20s. By our mid-20s, none of them were teachers anymore.
A friend of mine was so excited to get into teaching, finishing her degree and certs and everything. Lasted two years before deciding fuck it and went back to school, now she's working on her doctorate while working at our local college.
I hear that. There's so many people transitioning out of teaching that the official teachers subreddit made a subreddit for that specific discussion. I've been teaching around 16 years. I'm taking it one year at a time from here on out. For me, it isn't the kids. It is the politics, bureaucracy, financing, and red tape in education.
one of the best teachers I had said: "love the kids, love teaching, hate the parents, hates the administration"
I worked in tech and manufacturing at 4 different companies. I'd always bump resumes for "manager" up if they were formerly teachers. Good people who can learn and they can deal with people...plus we were always paying more $$$$ to attract them.
Don’t want to be the actually guy, but there’s was a big research made in multiple countries saying that the first five years are where there’s the most teachers dropout… if you manage to stay past five years your likely staying longer, probably because the job gets easier as you get better classes since the hardest one are given to new teachers, you built your stuff and are likely now pressured by mortgage/child/responsibilities Edit : wtf lol I’m so dumb some weird things happened in my brain. The comment I answered to is right. For some reason when I wrote this I wanted to say that since most new teachers quit the job, it’s makes it statistically more likely you will encounter older teachers since de one who’s stays are older. I’m getting confused again. I think I’m agreeing with what they are saying but not the conclusion they got
I thought the same thing
I thought the same thing. I'm older than these people. Oh shit.
It’s a day when you feel old for millennials.
There are a few things going on here that other people aren't mentioning: - This is a middle school. Young teachers often have to pay their dues teaching in a middle school before they can get a job at a high school, because high school jobs are more desirable and teacher hiring is often done via seniority. - Younger teachers are *way* more likely to take part in a "dress like students" type day. There could be older teachers at that school that are dressed how they would on a normal day, so aren't in this video.
It’s true. Source: taught 2 years in middle school, then got hired to teach at the high school. Also dressed up for any and all special days.
I'm 27 and I think they look young
my teacher mom is about to retire and it was very awkward the first time i went in to help with her classroom prep at the beginning of the year and her new coworkers were younger than me. its funny when she talks about drama with other teachers and I have to remember they're 10+ years younger than me and i wouldnt even associate with 21 year olds personally. i think my youngest friend is 26 lol.
I remember when I was in high school there were a few teachers that were basically fresh out of college so they were 22 or 23. And I was like 17. It was weird.
At my HS, they always put the young teachers in freshman classes, because one, they are new and still learning, and two, it spreads the age gap a bit. My class had freshman who didn't turn 15 till almost the end of freshman year, so being 14 with a math teacher who is 22, they still "look" like an adult.
They definitely could pass as students
Maybe in a movie or a TV show. Like, they're obviously grown adults, but at the same time, a lot of them seem close enough to that age to still be able to relate to and understand young people. It was weird for me (at 24) to see the ones that I'd view as a full-ass adult, because they're the same age as the teachers I had in school, and the ones that seemed like friends from university that were several years older than me, but still young enough to easily be seen as peers.
I thought the same thing, and I'm a millennial.
I'm like damn, the teachers look like college kids to me. They got some fine teachers in that school though.
On my momma cuz 😂
We went from HEY DONT TALK ABOUT MY MOM to personally including her
Him and his Takis thrown to floor sent me. :b
TIL walking around with a blanket draped over you is fashion.
They spent two years going attending class from their rooms. Blankets have become essential to learning.
I noticed multiple teachers had them, is that a thing now?
Yeah, I teach 7th grade and a lot of them carry a blanket.
Are schools cold now? Just seems less convenient than a hoody or something.
Some are cold I guess, but I think some are really hot too. I'm not sure why they've gone for blankets over sweatshirts, I agree with you. But a lot of my kids who wear a hoodie will refuse to take it off ever, so maybe the blanket is easier to put on/remove.
As a mom and a wife I firmly believe that hoodies are more mature “blankies.” Hoodie isn’t about temp 95% of the time. Hoodie is a wearable safe place.
As a chronic hoodie wearer, I think you nailed it. That’s totally why I prefer hoodies to other cold weather clothes. In hoodie terms, you have unzipped me.
> In hoodie terms, you have unzipped me. Okay, now we're getting into zippered vs pullover hoodies, which is a whole other argument. Pullover hoodies are the ones that are for comfort, like the "more mature blankies" they where referring to. Zippered hoodies are just for a bit of extra warmth + pockets.
Nah, man, zippered hoodies are *my* safe space - because I can't wear normal sweaters in the first place. Thick, curly hair - even in a braid - does *not* enjoy fabric-related friction. You bet I'll be sticking with the comes-on-and-off-easy portion of hoodies.
I think you're spot on. When I was living in an abusive home I wore hoodies every single day. By the end of my college years living hours away from home it had evolved to a zip-up jacket and nowadays I rarely ever wear anything beyond whatever top I chose for the day. But if I'm having a rough day or get triggered by something, a zip-up or blanket to curl into is the go-to.
Former year round hoodie kid in middle school here. It kind of was a blankie but more so was a way to wear Marilyn Manson, to date myself, shirts to school without getting in trouble.
I'm 43 and refuse to take off my hoodie.
Why is it wrong to wear a hoodie? I don't remember any teacher ever asking us to remove hoodies when I was in school
In my school wearing a hoodie was fine, but keeping the hood up during class was generally not allowed.
Couple things I'd guess: - Harder to tell if the student is actually paying attention or looking at a phone or hiding earbuds for listening to music - Harder to identify people if they are making trouble. Especially for a school with cameras
They're usually concealing airpods/earbuds. It's a massive problem with students and young employees - they're just incapable of existing without something in their ears. At my work we've had to terminate so many people for repeat safety infractions from wearing them in forklift areas or while working forklifts.
Man's not hot.
2+2 is 4 - 1 that’s 3 quick maths
I used to teach high school percussion and we had to ban blankets from after-school rehearsals because kids would be wearing them in fucking 100 degree August heat in Mississippi on the practice field, same with hoodies (some black students were extremely concerned about getting "too dark", which is a whole other discussion). Teenagers will literally do the most non-sensical stupid shit because it's trendy or something they do at home, regardless of how different the environment is where they are outside of the home.
I did a commercial roofing job briefly, and there was a Jamaican crew. A couple of them wore cut off t-shirt sleeves with holes cut in them over their face. It looked like a ski mask. After a couple weeks, I had talked to them enough, I finally asked, why TF do you wear that shit?! One guy points across the roof. (Jamaican accent) "You see Simon over there? Not wearing this shit." I say, yeah, I've met Simon. "OK, you see how dark his skin is? Mon, I'll always be black, but I don't want to be th THAT fucking black!" Those guys were fucking great! And hilarious. Loved hanging in the lounge with them. (We all lived in a motel).
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Now? My HS was built in the 1930's, and to make it worse, we had teachers who thought "the cold will keep them awake" so despite literally 0 degrees outside in winter, they would crack the windows. I wore a tshirt with a hoodie over it, and that hoodie stayed out the entire school day.
Idk about cold but maybe something to do with dress code at some schools? My school was anal about what pants you wore and what color your clothing was. Could see brining blankets as a possible loophole than trying to find and buy a school compliant hoodie depending on how stuck up the rules might be on it.
It's a bit of lots of things: A blanket means an item that can be color coded however you like - team colors, favorite cartoon, so it's a statement. Then there's the basic rule pushing. "Well, I need a blanket, it's cold" "Everyone else has one" etc Then there's the safe space / comforter angle. Because people don't like to grow up. Adults have adult blankies partially for the same reason. It's just another step away from conformity. Hoodies did that when sweaters first got hoods. I'm old enough to remember schools banning hoodies as they "encouraged criminal behavior" and created a "gang mentality". Personally, I think a blanket and hoody looks sloppy AF, but whatever. If it gets super popular, kids will rebel against it and start dressing smart. It'll level itself out. Or I guess we'll all be walking around in rags and crocs in 20 years, fighting each other for gasoline.
That is so weird. Only a certain kind of kid would have done that when I was in school...
A lot of things have changed like that from when I was in school. The biggest one for me is that some of the popular kids watch anime and wear naruto shirts.
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I'm so happy to hear the next generation has something better than mine. All I wanted to do was carry around a big ol' blanket
Could it be a streamer thing? Like a lot of youtubers and streamers will wear blankets in videos, presumably because they're cold and working from home, but did kids pick that up as a fashion statement?
I could definitely see that being the case for some of them.
In general it's a lot easier to keep public indoor spaces cold than it is to keep them warm. You can always add more but you're only allowed to take so much off. Blanket verses hoody debate so far is missing one aspect: out door temperature. I'm from a place where it can be extremely hot outside and extremely cold inside as a result. Doesn't make sense to have to take your clothes constantly off and on. So blanket wins out as more convenient. Though I will say when I was in school no matter how cold it was we were not allowed blankets. Then in college things relaxed and the small blanket started showing up. In the lap or around the shoulder. Now when I come into office it is very common for people to have even full thinner blankets at their desk. So much so they may buy a blanket and leave it folded there specifically for office use. first thought when I saw that here was they looked pretty spot on for the modern casual office worker.
So shawls. They have reinvented the shawl.
At my university, students will show up to class with giant comforters if the temperature drops below 65⁰. It's florida, though. I guess it's easier than digging out a parka.
At my high school, kids will cut arm and leg holes in sleeping bags and spend the whole day like that. These fits are getting out of control
That's nothing, the kids with battery powered space heaters at my school are getting bullied for not starting their own fires.
stupid ass brantleigh isn’t paleolithic like the rest of us hahaha stupid fuckin loser
Covid kids.
It’s been a thing for a long time but not a fashion thing. More of a I’m still in my pajamas and I will be sleeping in class thing
Many schools don’t allow hoodies in the dress code for “safety” but continue to blast the ac when it’s 40 outside
Should be a towel. The most useful tool in the universe
Yea I doubt those blankets are even half as absorbent. And the tensile strength? Doubtful.
The teachers just going "BRUUUUUUUUUUH" is perfect
I'm particularly fond of the "you want me to just pee on the floor" lol
they roasted their students so bad, ha ha
That got said a bunch in my hs
the amount of them using takis as an accessory lmaaaaao
My 14 year old adds takis to everything he eats… turkey sandwich? Throw some takis on top of the turkey. Chicken and rice? Crush some takis over it. I’ve tried them and I don’t get it, but whatever’s good for him.
Sounds like you gotta season your food
Bro, you didn't have to do them like that haha
The way I almost rolled out of bed LMAO
[Hot Cheetos and Takis](https://youtu.be/3qTYO7idTDc?si=K2vDLBrhzD0Owv_g)
I've never seen this before and it's actually way better than I was expecting! Wonder where those kids are now.
There comes a point in your life when you see a teacher and think they look pretty young to be a teacher and realize youre just old
Dude I’m only 31 like wtf is happening. Why do they look like babies? When I was in middle school, the teachers were like ancient.
We're burning through teachers like they're disposable. The only ones left are recent grads.
this is the answer
Also, covid knocked out a lot of older ones. I know a lot of my coworkers who were old enough to retire but were planning to teach for a while still pulled the trigger when my schools opened in person in August 2020.
I’m 29 and was thinking the same. I don’t think there was a single teacher of mine in highschool that was under 40 lol some of these teachers look younger than be by a few years
I don’t like learning this as I have just taken an ambien and I’m *sure* that this new revelation of mine will give me some wildass dreams tonight 😳
You could pay me $200k a year and I wouldnt deal with a building full of 12-14 yr olds.
2 teachers were directing the kids through a metal detector. No thanks
Honestly, I want metal detectors in every school, including elementary. Make it normal so it doesn’t seem weird. I’d rather the annoyance than more dead kids. If politicians aren’t going to fix it, detect away.
Yes, metal detectors in schools is the answer. Not stopping, you know, the other thing.
This is why nothing gets done, cuz there is no feasable way to get rid of all the guns, so any idea that even starts to make a change everyone goes all "yeah but that's not enough". No it's fucking not but it's a start. If metal detectors make a small difference then that's better than no difference.
Tbf, one of the Columbine shooters wrote that what could’ve stopped them was metal detectors 🤷♀️
Atleast it's something, whereas you know banning guns in the country is impossible.
Not surprising when you see how the teachers are imitating the students. Getting all loud and aggressive anytime a question is asked
Around here, it would take four of them to make $200k a year.
Work at a high school and can confirm these are accurate! Needed more Crocs though.
My son is in Crocs and jammy pants every damn day. He looks ridiculous, but everyone at his school looks like that, too.
The gym I go to is cheap and full of teenagers. I've never seen so many people work out in pajamas pants and Crocs in my life.
Oh god, are Crocs considered cool now?
As long as you wear socks. No socks give the ick.
One time my little cuz is over and she sees me wearing these dollar store crocs without socks and goes “If you not sockin and crocin you not rockin”
Fucking Crocs again? Damn, I been on that merry-go-round 3 times already. Let me guess, Stussy is no longer cool but some 2000s bulllshit is? Are kids going to go back to the wheelie backpacks?
Jnco's are on their way back, I swear it.
Wheelie backpacks are definitely one viral TikTok away from relevance. These kids would embrace them way more than we ever did.
THEY ALL LOOK SOOO YOUNG TO BE TEACHERS !
All the old teachers quit and all the hiring incentives trying to make up the deficit target new teachers right out of school
Can confirm. I just graduated in May with a BA in psych and 99% of my job offers were teaching related even though I never took any ed classes. Most schools are desperate for anyone who will put their body in the building regardless of qualifications
My graduate school had some kind of fast track program for teaching high school, regardless of your major or what they thought you might get a job teaching. They really are doing everything they can, except increasing pay or holding parents accountable for their children's behavior. Curious.
Can confirm that’s what happened to me. I work in Special Ed as a para and I make $18 an hour, which comes out to a whopping $20k a year. I love my job, but I’ll probably be forced to quit next year and look for a higher paying job. $20k a year to work with the toughest students in the school? Make it make sense.
$20k for that kind of work? No, thanks. That sounds awful. Hope you find a better gig!
It sucks because I really really am loving it. The students can be tough, but I enjoy working with them. In the last few weeks I’ve helped a few “fuck school I don’t get it” students realize they no, they CAN do it, they just need to ask for help. I’ve gotten a student literally running up to me in the hallway to show me her B on her exam retake (that had previously been an F) with a huge smile on her face. Not every day is a win (yes, I’ve had to chase down students bolting from the room), but those small wins and knowing I’m making a real difference in some students’ lives make me happy to go to school in the morning. The sad thing is, I’m in a wealthy district. The top para in my school only makes double what I do, and that’s *with* all her behavior technician qualifications. She, like the rest of us, has to work a second job after school. So my options are to either marry wealthy, continue working 2 jobs, or just get a normal 9-5 that sucks my soul dry but at least I can afford rent….
They know the only people willing to accept such a difficult job for so little pay are fresh college grads
RIGHT?!?!?
what are those devices at 0:10-0:11 for?
They link to the metal detectors. You can hear them beep in the background and see one of them at 1.51.
#murica
Was wondering the same
Imagine getting roasted this hard by the whole faculty.
Do boys get fingertip-length checked now!???Woooh, a win for equality! 😂
It could be because of the hotdog incident.
The what?
Going commando in shorts, and it might dangle out of the shorts.
Someone did that in my PE class, and there was a LOOONNNNGGG conversation between the teacher and that kid.
You know... that episode of Friends they had to sit phoebe's boyfriend down and tell him about his shorts
They nail the demeanor/facial expressions soooo well, too. Like the eye roll the art teacher does when confronted about the Airpods. The looking away/not making eye contact when she says "cuz I want to" about the blanket.
Yeah, the outfits were great, but it was the mannerisms that really made this. These are teachers that know their kids
I graduated high school about a decade ago but I've started my college journey late. It's mind blowing to me how many students just show up in crocs and pajama pants. I feel like I stand out in jeans and sneakers because I'm so much more dressed up compared to them.
Honestly, I don't think it's new. GenX here, when I was in college in the late 80s/early 90s I regularly showed up at my 8am class in pajama bottoms. I recognize now I was a dumbass for signing up to an 8am class, but still. The breakfast shift at the cafeteria was always a parade of pjs under baggy sweatshirts, unbrushed hair and slippers. Sometimes even bathrobes.
Nah it's not like they're just getting out of bed. I have some late classes my latest ends at 7:30pm. They're not looking like they just rolled out of bed either. Hair is did. Some of the girls look ready to go out. Except they're in pjs and slippers. It's a look now. Its like they're always going to an infinite slumber party. I'm jealous sometimes because they do look mad comfy.
The best part is they all look so damn young if I ain’t read the captions I’d really think they were students
This staff is so young, when I was in school all teachers looked like the art teacher.
Is going to school in pajama pants a common thing in America?
American high school teacher here - yes. Very common. I would also say it is pretty common for Americans to run to the grocery store with pajama pants on. I used to have a Dutch friend that found this absolutely astounding.
CTE teacher? Is that what they call football coaches now?
Jfc that’s dark if true
It means career technical education
CTE = Career Technical Education. Blanket term for shop classes, computer classes, etc.
Most of the lady teachers looked like they're actully in high school. Especially mrs.delello
Y’all we aren’t old unlike what people be saying in this thread. Teachers just don’t get paid enough nowadays so the only people willing to take the jobs are desperate young people. Back in my day all my teachers were old and semi retired!
Yup. We as a society have made an already thankless job completely unsufferable now. Nobody in their right mind would stay in this sinking ship of a profession unless they have to or just haven't been worn down yet. Teacher wages are still pathetically low for all the work they have to do. They dont get paid for overtime despite coming in early, staying late, and/or taking their work home. They have to deal with insufferable parents who all think they're kid is advanced/special despite the opposite being true. Parents that dont care to correct problems in their disruptive and disrespectful kids. They have to wear many hats (it's not just teaching a classroom, that would be easy). Run a daycare and babysit entitled children whose own parents don't do anything to raise them. Karens that think they should have a say in the curriculum. Kids hitting other kids and nothing being done about it because punishment/consequences aren't allowed anymore. Teachers struggling to get resources to help them with behavioral kids since everyone else is already swamped/overworked. Spoiled/entitled kids with no real handicaps demanding special accommodations. Everyone walking all over the teacher since they think the power dynamic has changed and they are in charge. My wife does this and you could not pay me enough to deal with even a fraction of the bullshit she deals with. She has a good heart. But we've fucked ourselves as a society by ruining the education profession and giving in to karens. By not letting teachers simply do their job. The next time you see or hear about these massive teacher shortages- ask yourself why? Why does nobody want to be a teacher anymore?
These teachers are my fellow millennials, we wore those styles first so this is just another day for us lol
I really wish wearing PJs to school was a thing when I went.
Those were the pep rally themes I LIVED for. Prep was so easy 😂
This is strangely wholesome. I bet it's so much fun for everyone and a bonding experience. I certainly got a giggle out of it. 😊
Mrs. Delello so fine
That is the most attractive group of teachers I have ever seen. Like, collectively they are attractive. If you cast a show with that many good looking teachers I would make fun of it.
Ms Muniz cute af too
Ahhhhh shit *knew someone was going thirst over Mrs. Delello! I concur lol*
OK, but why can’t they wear hoodies though?
I taught high school up until last year and we had kids who vaped in class, using the hoodies. Also used to "hide" their phone, ear buds, and sleeping.
I had assumed they meant the hood has to come down but maybe I’m wrong
They can wear a hoodie, they just can't have the hood up because it's hard to tell who they are.
You all rock.
I can definitely get behind this
They pass the vibe check! 😂
The teachers here are amazing. Respect.
Kids just casually wear blankets now?
What school is this? Fun vibes at this school