r/TeacherTales
34k members
r/TeacherTales is a subreddit with 34k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses teacher, student behavior, teacher conduct, teacher role, and student teacher relationship.
A subreddit where teachers and can tell about any student, parent, or staff member they had the pleasure or displeasure of meeting. Students may also participate by telling stories about teachers.
Popular Themes in r/TeacherTales
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Any one out there just want to tell a parent to just f--- off? Yes, I realize this would be a career-limiting move."
23 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Help with mourning a student"
7 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "$50 for Art Supplies"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "A fed-up teacher’s controversial solution for disruptive students has educators sharply divided"
1 post
#5
News
: "65,000 Los Angeles education workers are on a historic three-day strike : Peoples Dispatch"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/TeacherTales
#1
Teacher
: "Struggling Teacher - Bad Eval."
21 posts
#2
Student Behavior
: "Crazy Student Behavioral issues and more with a happy ending…"
17 posts
#3
Teacher Conduct
: ""Look at them as your job, not as humans.""
13 posts
#4
Teacher Role
: "$50 for Art Supplies"
5 posts
#5
Student Teacher Relationship
: "Is this too much for a healthy Student Teacher Relationship?"
5 posts
#6
Teacher Student Relationship
: "My teacher I’ve never talked to before knows me better than my best friend"
4 posts
#7
Discipline
: "Looking for tips and confidence-building when contacting parents about Discipline issues"
4 posts
#8
Teacher Misconduct
: "Girl pepper sprays teacher because he took her phone from her in Antioch TN. This same teacher two months ago got punched in the face by a different student for taking a kids phone cheating on a test with it."
3 posts
#9
Teacher Violence
: "My Teacher went Ballistic"
3 posts
#10
Parent Communication
: "Parent Feels Communication is Poor?"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/TeacherTales
Yearly
+3k members(8.0%)
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Last updated: August 8, 2026