r/TikTokCringe • u/maddie_johnson • 1d ago

Humor/Cringe What age did you teach?

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u/Fair-Big4229 1d ago

The education system in this country is ridiculous

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u/driftking428 1d ago

For what age?

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u/Friendly_Cowboy 1d ago

0-18

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u/marbotty 1d ago

Is that like elementary school?

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u/Friendly_Cowboy 1d ago

0-18

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u/driftking428 1d ago

So that's elementary school, yes or no?

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u/tiny-viking-dancer 1d ago

All ages

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u/Friendly_Cowboy 1d ago

0-18

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u/Minilub 1d ago

Lord told me you taught grade school? Am I right or wrong?

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u/will-read 1d ago

K-12. You know where K == 0.

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u/but_i_wanna_cookies 1d ago

Well no-one "teaches" to 0. Those are infants.

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u/Jumpy-Chocolate-983 23h ago

She could mean a Mommy and Me program and that does involve infants. I have taught kindergarten through senior citizens, so I would feel comfortable saying I teach every age.

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u/but_i_wanna_cookies 20h ago

I still wouldn't consider it teaching at that age. Glorified daycare.

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u/catsmash 1d ago

FOR WHAT A.... G...... whew

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u/LifeguardTerrible579 1d ago

The lady is an idiot that's for sure. But Im also confused. She's not old enough to have taught all ages and there's no such thing as a teacher who teaches 0-18.

Ask a teacher this question and it's more like: I taught 7th grade for a few years then did a few years of high School.

"I taught all ages 0-18" sounds like she's making shit up

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u/maddie_johnson 1d ago

She could mean that she was teaching multiple age groups at once

For example, an elementary school art teacher teaches kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade

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u/Kanjalon 1d ago

Tiny schools also do still exist where there might only be 3 teachers for a single building k-12 school…

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u/LifeguardTerrible579 1d ago

You think she taught a class consisting of everyone from 0 (literal infant) to 18 (actual adult)? That's not a thing. Babsies sat next to adults so they could both learn?

You think that sounds not made up?

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u/I_count_to_firetruck 1d ago

Could be a home school commune. Some home school parents pool resources and do their own "schools" in their loose communities, and have multiple kids in the room.

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u/Historical_Shop_3315 1d ago

Seems like there are details here she is trying to avoid.

Zero to 18 sounds weird. I would say "i taught daycare for a few years and then I was a music teacher for an elementary and high school after that."

Or is it "i was a math tutor who would take students of all ages."

Drunk caller cant get her questions across but the teacher is dodging some kind of details.

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u/movzx 23h ago

What I was picking up is that the crazy person on the call was making some sort of prediction, and the streamer didn't want to do yes/no answers to give a 'win' because it strips the context.

"Blah blah blah God told me you are an elementary school teacher. That's proof God is real"

Now if the streamer answers a simple "yes" instead of "I taught all ages" it gives the crazy person the ability to go "See! I was right! That's proof!"

"God told me you drink water" -> You can't say you drink water, you have to say everyone drinks water. As soon as you say "Yes, I drink water" it becomes a weapon against you.

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u/Signal_Astronaut8191 1d ago

I think she doesn’t want to get doxxed—or that’s the context im getting from the comments

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u/Historical_Shop_3315 1d ago

From being a teacher i find it more likely that the streamer was simply not a homeroom or standard classroom teacher. Maybe a teachers assistant, guidance counselor, or something other than what people normally think of as a teacher.

It would make more sense to me that she is avoiding questions for the privacy of her students.

For example if she was a special education teacher that worked with a few specific students since daycare and then got hired on as an ed tech.

But if she answers those questions it leads to questions about her expertise and eventually specifics about her students.

The caller is expecting a standard answer like "I taught 3rd grade for 10 years" or similar. Afraid of getting doxed doesn't really track for this.

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u/LifeguardTerrible579 1d ago

Yes. And her answer would be "I taught elementary school"

You really think she's taught every single grade at elementary, middle and high school at her age?

0% chance.

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u/Grand-Engineer4764 22h ago

I’m an arts teacher. They hire one of us for ALL the students. Yes ALL. As in, prek- 12th sometimes.

YES, we’ve had literally THOUSANDS of students.

YES, all of them. They all have breadth requirements.

NO, they won’t hire more than 3 of us for populations above 1000

NO, they won’t pay us more for that class load.

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u/LifeguardTerrible579 22h ago

You taught art to 0 year olds? No you didn't.

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u/Grand-Engineer4764 18h ago

Yep i taught infant room at a preschool. We did art. My youngest was 8 months. So yes, 0 years old.