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32 Great Reaction GIFs For Typical Teaching Moments

Our roundup of some of the funniest short clips that capture some universal teaching truths

Lloyd Burgess
by Lloyd Burgess
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It’s Friday!

Get excited!

So let’s round off the week with a bit of fun. Giffy fun to be precise. With a selection of some of the best reaction shots to familiar classroom scenarios.

Enjoy.


1

When it’s Monday morning and you’re in denial about it


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Then when you arrive your mug is missing from the staffroom


3

And when you think you’ve found the culprit


4

Finally getting that first coffee of the day


5

When the new teacher made you that coffee


6

When Ofsted is on its way


7

When you’re politely listening to extravagant homework excuses


8

When kids are trying to borrow things from your desk


9

When you can’t get the old tech to work


10

When you can’t get the new tech to work


11

When a colleague shows you up in front of your class and you’re trying to keep your composure


12

When you catch a kid misbehaving


13

Then deliver a great comeback to his smart Alec remark


14

When a child asks you a question to which you don’t know the answer


15

And those times when you don’t even understand the question they’re asking


16

When that kid is misbehaving again


17

When a child (finally) learns what’s you’ve been teaching them for the past three months


18

What it feels like when you and your class are on the same page


19

What seemes to happen whenever you’re on lunch duty


20

When you just manage get out of lunchtime duty


21

When you get the last chocolate biscuit in the staffroom


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When someone asks who took the last chocolate biscuit in the staffroom


23

When someone brings cakes and you’re eating healthily


24

When you have to teach football (and have no idea how to play football)


25

When a child is sick in the classroom


26

When a student shares too much information


27

When you try to set homework on a Friday


28

When a parent asks you what your plans are this weekend


29

When someone asks how you feel the day after a school trip


30

When you get to go home on a Friday


31

When you agree to do a workout with the PE teacher


32

When it’s finally the end of the staff meeting and someone raises their hand to ask a question

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