r/teaching is a subreddit with 196k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, teaching, struggling, teacher, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review home printer, office chair, and air purifier.
Popular Themes in r/teaching
#1
Advice Requests
: "What’s one thing you wish someone had told you during your first month of teaching?"
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "AITA or is this crazy"
16 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for some sort of light up board to place in my room where I can write the objective, task, Etc for my principal to see. Instead of writing it on the board with a marker every day?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "My educational 5,000-piece LEGO model "The Urban Water Cycle" aims to raise awareness of water & wastewater systems while highlighting the important work of the people who operate and maintain them. I believe this could be a valuable tool to explain urban water infrastructure in an engaging way."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/teaching
#1
Looking For A
65 posts
#2
Teaching
32 posts
#3
Struggling
24 posts
#4
Teacher
13 posts
#5
Hate
11 posts
#6
School
10 posts
#7
Advice
9 posts
#8
Students
9 posts
#9
Classroom
: "I'm Scared to be in my Classroom this year"
8 posts
#10
Career
: "First year looking for advice!"
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/teaching
Home Printer
20 reviews
#1
Brother
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#2
Epson
4.0★ from 9 reviews
#3
HP
3.0★ from 2 reviews
Office Chair
2 reviews
#1
Herman Miller Aeron
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Herman Miller
5.0★ from 1 review
Air Purifier
1 review
#1
Honeywell
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/teaching
#1
Help
: "I really don’t get paid enough for this"
81 posts
#2
Vent
: "AITA or is this crazy"
46 posts
#3
General Discussion
: "Grouping quiet kids at the front and loud kids at the back"
33 posts
#4
Career Change/Interviewing/Job Advice
: "could my hair have an effect on my ability to get hired in some districts?"
15 posts
#5
Humor
: "mIsS dO wE uSe CeLsIuS oR fArEnHeIt"
11 posts
#6
Curriculum
: "Kindergarten requirements for 1954"
4 posts
#7
Teaching Resources
: "Teaching is performing: stage tricks that helped me stop dreading the front of the room"
4 posts
#8
Classroom/Setup
: "My Word of the Week wall for EAL primary"
3 posts
#9
Policy/Politics
: "Please join me in reading this all-staff email sent out Sunday afternoon to a public school campus in Texas."
3 posts
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Yearly
+27k members(16.3%)
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Last updated: October 12, 2026