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EllieMumsnet · 20/04/2018 12:13

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With National Teacher Day coming up on the 8th May MNHQ would love to know the phrases you remember your teachers always saying….also if you are currently a teacher please share the phrases you most commonly use during your classes.

Do you have strong memory of one of your teachers always using the ‘I’m not angry just disappointed’ line? Perhaps whenever your teacher was annoyed at someone they would say ‘It’s your own time your wasting’? Or maybe as a teacher you’re becoming known for saying one phrase in particular?

Whatever phrases you remember your teachers always saying, comment on the thread below to be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £100 voucher of their choice (from a list).

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Chocolatecake12 · 20/04/2018 12:16

My teachers always told my mum I talked too much! But that I was a Pleasue to teach!
Now I’m a parent I’ve heard those exact phrases for my own children! They must teach them at teacher training!!

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laurexa · 20/04/2018 12:34

I got told the story of the person who swung on their chair and split their head open the same story every chair swingers heard

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leccybill · 20/04/2018 12:38

The child who threw a snowball and made another child go blind is another myth I remember!

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MrsMarigold · 20/04/2018 12:53

"Whatever next?"

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AnnaHindrer · 20/04/2018 12:58

Music teacher - 'Some people don't have any talent and we advise their parents to remove them from classes. Some have a bit of talent and work very hard and develop their skill. Some have loads of talent but never work...YOU are of that Kind and its infuriating!

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BuntyII · 20/04/2018 13:01

'The answers are at the back of the book, but I'll trust you not to look at them'

You put your faith in the wrong person, my friend

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fleshmarketclose · 20/04/2018 13:11

"Empty vessels make most noise" was a comment that I heard repeatedly through school in response to a noisy class. Apparently it was to illustrate that noise indicated a lack of brains.

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OutComeTheWolves · 20/04/2018 13:14

The bell is for me not you.

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RoseMartha · 20/04/2018 13:38

My French teacher once told me 'I don't know how you came third in the test you never speak in the class.'
It was a written French test .

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Tiredofit · 20/04/2018 14:12

One of my primary school teachers used to say "If you spent as much time working as you do talking you'd be a genius".

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sharond101 · 20/04/2018 14:25

Heads down, thumbs up last one down has to tidy the bookshelves!

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AnnaHindrer · 20/04/2018 14:45

Head of sports to ds1 - 'I never know who's going to walk through door'Hmm

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MummyBtothree · 20/04/2018 14:54

"If you've got something interesting to say, maybe you would like to share it with the rest of us?" Every time I was caught whispering to my friend instead of getting on with my work!.

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 20/04/2018 15:29

'the bell is for me not you'

'it's your own time you're wasting'

' it's your future not mine'

All the classics I think!!

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Theimpossiblegirl · 20/04/2018 16:53

I still use the chair threat!

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ScreamingValenta · 20/04/2018 17:10

"Am I boring you?" if someone appeared distracted in class.

It was once said to me ... how I longed to answer "Yes."

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Imgettingcheesefries · 20/04/2018 17:42

The bell is for me not for you

I get paid whether you pass or not

Threatening with making us have to pick off the old chewing gum from underneath the tables- never heard of anyone having to do it

And the kid who swung back on a chair and died

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drspouse · 20/04/2018 17:47

Apparently all my DS' teachers begin every sentence with "Right!" as he now does this.

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BlondeB83 · 20/04/2018 17:51

‘Go and sit on the toilet’ to a complaint of stomach ache.

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FabulouslyGlamorousFerret · 20/04/2018 17:56

"If you had been listening you would know what you need to do"

"No you can't go to the toilet, playtime has only just finished"

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OutwiththeOutCrowd · 20/04/2018 18:01

My favourite teacherism is, 'You should know that by now!'

It's a good one for those tricky occasions when a pupil asks you, the teacher, a question you don't know the answer to - but know that you should.

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Landed · 20/04/2018 18:09

Many of those above plus...
You never put up your hand,
if you could overcome your shyness you would learn a lot more,
Pleasure to teach (imagine that means doesn't cause any extra stress!)
Must try harder (soul destroying)
Tell your mum not to make your appointment during school time (like we have a choice!)

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areyoubeingserviced · 20/04/2018 18:13

I am not WH Smiths, buy your own pen.
I’ve got my qualifications, so if you dont want to work that’s your problem.

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TroubledTribble28 · 20/04/2018 18:16

My fellow classmates were hooligans and whenever my language teacher was giving them a telling off (every.single.lesson) she would say 'Now I'm not tarring you all with the same brush by any means. ..' :D

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TroubledTribble28 · 20/04/2018 18:18

Ooh my R.E teacher would always have a drawing element to our studies to fill the hour lesson spot but would be furious with everyone for enjoying the colouring in and say 'Well you can't get a GCSE in colouring in!' Grin

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