High school is definitely not a place for the faint of heart. And not just because of the bullies. No one ever warns you about the most eccentric, rude and just plain bad teachers. Well, look no further, because here's a handy guide to the seven types of teachers you'll meet in high school!
1. The Good Teacher
HAHAHAHAHA just kidding. There are no good teachers.
2. The Alcoholic
You know the teachers that wander through the halls with a dead look in their eye? The ones you don't want to be in a hallway with? That's these guys. Often math teachers —these people often have dark circles under their eyes, speak in a monotone voice and quite frankly look like they belong in a seedy bar as opposed to a room full of children.
3. The Storyteller
Often associated with band teachers, these are the people who are nice enough, but spend most of their time talking about themselves or their life as opposed to actually teaching.
While this sounds nice, if the teacher isn't a band teacher, you may have disastrous consequences. For example, your history teacher has fascinating tales of their time in Germany during the Cold War, but you also are taking a test tomorrow, and you don't know anything about the Industrial Revolution.
4. The Scary Teacher
Everyone has experienced a teacher who has impossibly high standards and views you as incompetent if you dare fall even a little bit short of their expectations. And they get so mad whenever you give the wrong answer or ask to go to the bathroom. They also have a bunch of stupid rules.
5. Bad Comedian Teacher
Also sometimes a band teacher. These teachers tell the same, bad jokes and stories over and over and over again until you want to stab yourself with a pencil. Usually they expect a laugh, and for some reason look sincerely confused if they don't get one.
6. Doesn't Want To Be There
These teachers often go hand in hand with the alcoholics, and for some reason are also coaches a lot of the time. They generally will either assign work and then say have at it, or they show a video and call it a day.
7. "Phones are the devil, and have ruined our society."
That one teacher — almost always old — that absolutely loses it whenever they see a phone, no matter what. Even if you are just walking past them with earbuds, they look at you as though you just dropped the f-bomb in front of them.
8. Trying To Be Cool
And God bless this poor misguided soul who tries so hard to be cool for their students but is always repayed with rude kids who take advantage of their kindness and people whispering about them behind their back about how they're pathetic.
9. The Really, Really Bad Teacher
This teacher is often a combination of all of the above. It's the class that you only go into because you don't want a spot on your attendance record. You have to teach yourself this class, and it's often the class you struggle with.
10. The Sketchy Teacher
You know that teacher that always complimented you on your clothes and hair if you were female? The one asked if you were doing sex-ed in health yet? The one who stands around creepily? The one who has too many rumors going around that they have some sketchy things saved on your laptop? Yeah. That teacher still works there.
11. The Ruiner
Of course, you always get the worst teachers in the class you like the most? Did you love reading? Well, spend 20 minutes trying to find the metaphor when it's a trick question and watch those dreams of being an author fly far, far away!
12. The Procrastinator
"Yeah, sorry guys. I have't been able to put the grades in yet."
"I'm pushing back the test date to next week."
"Oh and by the way, there's gonna be a sub here for the next three weeks while I put in your grades for your September exam before you graduate this class."