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A disappointed little girl works on a paper in the classroom.

Rising 6th graders express disappointment that they've had the same teacher for the past 4+ years: 'I’ve been with the same class since 2nd grade.'

A little girl listens to a story on an iPad instead of her teacher reading it aloud to the class.

3rd-grade teacher makes students listen to stories on individual iPads with headphones instead of reading out loud to the entire class

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A professor teaches a room full of college students who refuse to complete the exam, even though it's 40% of their grade.

Professor assigns students an open-book take home exam, 25% of the class don't do it: 'It’s 40% of the total grade.'

A teacher instructing a class of kids (oops, I mean scholars) on scientific matters.

School district employee criticizes teacher for calling her 2nd grade students 'kids': 'Are you teaching kids, or are you teaching scholars?'

$Teacher instructing a student on how to do math$

4th-grade teacher gives student 50% on a test, despite her getting 92% of the answers correct, because she used 'old math' her dad taught her

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Teacher stands in front of a chalkboard

German mom scolds teacher for teaching her 'gifted' child about France: 'She doesn't want her child learning about France. The country.'

Grandma reads with her 6-year-old grandson

Dad scolds mother-in-law for telling school employee that she's her 6-year-old grandson's guardian: 'No. You’re his grandmother. I’m his dad, and this is his mother.'

A teddy bear looking at the camera dramatically after being stolen

Mom puts a tracking device in her 8-year-old son's stuffed animal, tracks it back to the home of one of his classmates: 'Should I have my son confront the kid directly and ask if he's been stealing his stuff?'

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Mom accuses her 11-year-old son's 5th grade teacher of being unprofessional for writing him a letter congratulating him on improving his class participation: 'She wrote something like, I am really proud of how brave you have been lately.'

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Parents defend taking their kids out of school for family vacations: 'Booking flights 4 days later to match their school's vacation was going to cost me $7,000 more'

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Stay-at-home dad refuses to homeschool his 6-year-old daughter because she's failing 1st grade math, despite his wife's insistence: 'I want her to have a “normal” childhood'

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Stepmom refuses to pay for her 10-year-old stepson's private school, dad and mom get angry despite saving $0 towards his education: 'He has 2 parents and I can’t understand why it’s all up to me to save'

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Mom refuses to pick up her ex-husband's 8-year-old affair baby from school while picking up her 8-year-old son: 'My ex's daughter was there until 7 because I refused to pick her up'

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Teacher bemoans her 2nd-grade students cannot tie their shoes or eat an apple without it being sliced: 'I’ve been teaching since 2011, and I’ve seen a decline in overall capability in today’s kids.'

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'That's tacky': Parents request guests at their 8-year-old daughter's birthday party give cash instead of presents

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Homeschool mom brags about her 4-year-old not knowing her numbers and letters and her 8-year-old who can't read chapter books: 'So sick of this lazy hippie homeschooling mentality'