Round 1
Round 3
Semi-Finals
Championship
Round 1 | Matchup 2 of 16
Listen to an upset parent who wasn't chosen to chaperone the fieldtrip
The parent’s upset? Good one. (Choose the parent next time to really teach him/her a lesson.)
Deal with a student having a temper tantrum
Children are made up of about 60% water. It’s reserved for moments like these.
Round 1 | Matchup 3 of 16
Have a parent request to come into class to videotape your student
Only if you get to record the parent recording the child.
Then you can host a viewing party with your teacher friends.
Answer the 59th email to the parent who believes his/her child can do no wrong
Yep, you completely made it up. You have nothing better
to do than create false allegations of a child being a brat.
Round 1 | Matchup 7 of 16
Use the restroom one time a day at 9:42 a.m
You’ve earned a college degree and have dedicated your
life to educating future leaders of the world. But you can’t
catch a — literally — to use the bathroom.
Eat lunch in 5 minutes at 10:22 a.m.
There’s a rumor that some teachers get 30 minutes to
get away from students, eat lunch, and do other non-work things.
Round 1 | Matchup 9 of 16
Match with a former student on Tinder
Will you swipe left or swipe right? At least you’ll have the perfect
ice-breaker: “Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
Get hit on by a student
Going through puberty can make you do crazy things.
You didn’t do anything worse than hitting on your teacher, did you?
Round 1 | Matchup 11 of 16
Come in early on a two-hour delay
Waking up early and travelling in bad weather stinks, but at least
you’ll have two hours away from all the kids and co-workers.
Make a lesson plan for a sub when you're sick
Our tip: A lesson plan on how “School of Rock”
demonstrates how teachers are downright awesome.
Round 1 | Matchup 13 of 16
Be asked for the 42nd time what to do to get an A
That’s easy: Go back in time and do better on assignments and tests.
Explain why Wikipedia is not an authentic resource
That’s debatable. Wikipedia is about as accurate as traditional encyclopedias.
Did you know that? We got that fact from Wikipedia, by the way.
Round 1 | Matchup 14 of 16
Read another 'reply all' email from a colleague
We don’t care about who wants to attend your grandmother’s 80th birthday party this weekend.
Read an inappropriate email a student accidentally sends you
Do yourself a favor and organize those types of messages in a folder.
They’re a fun break from the day-to-day grind.
Round 1 | Matchup 15 of 16
Forget you're projecting your screen while browsing Facebook
Show them pictures from when you were happier — before you were a teacher.
Dress in the same outfit as one of your students
Maybe the student should take over and teach your class. Fear is an effective deterrent.
Round 2 | Matchup 2 of 8
Have a parent request to come into class to videotape your student
Only if you get to record the parent recording the child.
Then you can host a viewing party with your teacher friends.
Answer the question, "Is Santa real?"
What’s suspicious about an omniscient old guy living at the North Pole?
Round 2 | Matchup 4 of 8
Use the restroom one time a day at 9:42 a.m
You’ve earned a college degree and have dedicated your
life to educating future leaders of the world. But you can’t
catch a — literally — to use the bathroom.
Deal with the aftermath of a class pet's death
Sorry, kids. Gill went to live on a farm.
Round 2 | Matchup 5 of 8
Get hit on by a student
Going through puberty can make you do crazy things.
You didn’t do anything worse than hitting on your teacher, did you?
Run into a student at the grocery with a cart full of booze
It’s not your fault. You just had to grade 200 essays, and it’s National Wine Day.
Round 2 | Matchup 6 of 8
Come in early on a two-hour delay
Waking up early and travelling in bad weather stinks, but at least
you’ll have two hours away from all the kids and co-workers.
Spend your Saturday administering the ACT/SAT test
Did you think teaching involved weekends and summers off? That’s hilarious.
Round 2 | Matchup 7 of 8
Explain why Wikipedia is not an authentic resource
That’s debatable. Wikipedia is about as accurate as traditional encyclopedias.
Did you know that? We got that fact from Wikipedia, by the way.
Read another 'reply all' email from a colleague
We don’t care about who wants to attend your grandmother’s 80th birthday party this weekend.
Round 2 | Matchup 8 of 8
Dress in the same outfit as one of your students
Maybe the student should take over and teach your class. Fear is an effective deterrent.
See one of your students on the jail roster
Maybe this isn’t that bad. You won’t have to grade as many assignments.
Round 3 | Matchup 2 of 4
Have a student call you mom/dad
Cute or creepy? Either way, no thanks, kid.
Use the restroom one time a day at 9:42 a.m
You’ve earned a college degree and have dedicated your
life to educating future leaders of the world. But you can’t
catch a — literally — to use the bathroom.
Round 3 | Matchup 3 of 4
Run into a student at the grocery with a cart full of booze
It’s not your fault. You just had to grade 200 essays, and it’s National Wine Day.
Come in early on a two-hour delay
Waking up early and travelling in bad weather stinks, but at least
you’ll have two hours away from all the kids and co-workers.
Round 3 | Matchup 4 of 4
Read another 'reply all' email from a colleague
We don’t care about who wants to attend your grandmother’s 80th birthday party this weekend.
Dress in the same outfit as one of your students
Maybe the student should take over and teach your class. Fear is an effective deterrent.
Semi-Finals | Matchup 2 of 2
Come in early on a two-hour delay
Waking up early and travelling in bad weather stinks, but at least
you’ll have two hours away from all the kids and co-workers.
Read another 'reply all' email from a colleague
We don’t care about who wants to attend your grandmother’s 80th birthday party this weekend.