Mumsnet users discuss phrases that teachers always say

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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).

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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'Silly rules are there to give you something unimportant to rebel against' - My English teacher

I remember my teacher saying 'we are not a stationery store' hahaha

If someone was talking, "would you like to share it with the whole class?"

Im not fulfilling my potential

“You girl, you won’t get a job... you’re too ugly!” Yep.. I had a teacher who said that!

'it's your own time you're wasting' was always the one i remember!

Can I have a pay rise?
Can I have a pay rise that isn't to the detriment of the school budget for resources such as books and paper?
Can I have a pay rise because I teach in an area that is grossly underfunded compared to other areas of the country ?

"Put a wet paper towel on it" as the solution to all of life's problems!

Sit still
Stop talking
Already (my work was always finished early in class)

I only had 2 teachers that I really remember and both were primary school!

Our primary school head teacher was well known for enthusiastically exclaiming "It's pandemonium in here!!" I don't think any of us knew exactly what it meant!!

"I have eyes in the back of my head! "

I always loathed 'the bell's for me, not you'.

Also 'i knew a boy who swung back on his chair like that and cracked his head open/died'. Apparently EVERY teacher has 'known' a student do this!

'Toilet? You should have gone during your break'

My teachers used to say I was a delight but diffident. I was too young to know what diffident meant!

Go stand in the hallway.

Collage we learnt that everything depends on the teacher's teacher, what they taught will leave the next generation.

Most of my teachers used to repeat this one: "Knowledge is Power"
but in real life everyone needs different kind of knowledge and they all meant their subject.

My teachers used to say there's no such thing as a stupid question encouraging me to increase my knowledge through curiousity about things

You are so stupid why cant you be like your sister. ( I have learning difficulties in the form of dyslexia and dyspraxia and suffered anxiety from aged 8) I now have a first class double honours degree I am a teacher and only ever give positive feedback and NEVER compare a student to anyone

The bell is for me not for you

QUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEETTTTTTTTTT

When swinging on my chair - '4 legs are better than 2'

I don't remember phrases but I do recall one teacher using the word insolent often to describe naughty behaviour.

If one more person talks, it's class detention!

Not sure if this is just my odd school but we had this crazy one way system.. where we could only walk one way, we were always reminded of it by every passing teacher!!Pain!!

Must try harder :)

"if I had a penny for everytime someone came to me with that excuse"
"just try your best"yeh right.
"this is for your future not mine"
"are you chewing" haha
"sicne when does that bell indicate you start tp pack away!"

one of the teachers once told my muslim friend to "not play with the white girl because she is trouble!" Back then it was hilarious as we thought he was just crazy but now i just cringe when i think about it!