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It's a teacher's job to leave a lasting impression and set a good example for their students.

With this in mind, particularly in this age of viral videos and social media, teachers have to be very careful of what they say during class hours.

Even so, there are very few teachers who haven't said something they've regretted when teaching a class.

Sometimes to control unruly students, other times when they've simply had enough.

Then too, sometimes teachers leave their students baffled and perplexed by what they say in their classroom, well aware of what they were saying.

Always making for a memorable story.

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All of us were positively impacted by a teacher in one way or another.

Even those of us who hated school still have one teacher who continues to influence our life decades after graduation.

In some cases, this influence is a very personal one, as this particular teacher may have given us some extra attention, and went to great lengths to make sure we were reaching our full potential.

Then there are the teachers whose name brings a smile to the face of all who ever knew them.

The sort of teacher who made people excited to get to class, and who so seamlessly gained the respect of their students, that they wanted them not just to be their teacher, but to be their friend.

Not by doing anything remarkable, but simply by being themselves.

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When students arrive late for class, teachers hear any number of excuses.

These range from the believable, such as being caught in traffic or illness, to the truly unbelievable.

So unbelievable, in fact, that teachers likely won't be able to help but roll their eyes at how ridiculous their excuse was.

Until they find themselves biting their tongue when against the odds, the far-fetched excuse turned out to be true.

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Think back to your K-12 days. You had A LOT of teachers in those 13 years.

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Reopening schools in the era of the virus is an absolute mess.

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