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Teachers are a huge part of a child's life. In fact, the words we hear from our teachers can have an impact on us even when we're all grown up. Research shows that positive feedback from teachers results in more engagement from students. And when teachers throw a dash of humor in it – it's even better.
A funny note or a comment on a graded paper humanizes a teacher: even if there are 20+ of you, it's nice knowing that a teacher took their time to notice you. Bored Panda has found the most wholesome and hilarious notes that teachers have written to students and their parents. From ironic clapbacks to harmless dad jokes, these notes might make you wish you had a teacher as cool as this.
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#1 A Teacher Sent These Notes Home With Her Students To Give Their Parents
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#2 A Kid At My Daughter’s School Lost Their Tooth, And I Imagine They Were Very Sad That The Tooth Fairy Wouldn’t Come
So the teacher wrote an official letter to excuse them! So wholesome.
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#3 My Math Teacher Gave Me A Little Response Note. I Left The Drawing, She Left The Note. I Love Her A Lot
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A good teacher might inspire you and change your life forever. A bad teacher might give you self-esteem issues you may never get over. But students and parents rarely think about what teachers have to go through. The reality is that teachers are overworked, emotionally exhausted, and criminally underpaid.
According to the National Education Association, 53% of U.S. teachers reported burnout compared to 39% of working adults in other professions. Teachers say they work about 49 hours a week, but it's not all just in the classroom. They also have to plan lessons, do grading, and perform other administrative tasks that result in 10 hours of unpaid overtime each week.
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#4 He Is A Really Great Guy
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#5 I Wrote A Note To My Teacher On A Test I Failed. Her Response
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#6 This Is Wonderful. And May I Add Very Impressive Cursive Handwriting? A Disappearing Art
"Hey Bridget,
Congratulations - wonderful to see you reading the news this week.
Have watched you developing earlier with much interest.
Best wishes for continuing success in the future."
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Considering that they're shaping future scientists, politicians, and artists, teachers definitely don't get paid enough. On average, teachers earned about $73,000 in 2025. That's a slight increase since 2024 and is projected to go up the next year, but only in states where collective bargaining is required. In states where it's prohibited, teachers earn about 27% less.
Low salary is the biggest stressor for the majority of American teachers. Other sources of job-related stress that teachers mention are administrative work outside of the classroom, supporting their students' mental well-being, working overtime, preparing standardized tests, and political issues and opinions intruding on teaching.
#7 This Is Super Sweet
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#8 My Daughter's Preschool Teacher Wrote Her A Note When She Was Out Sick For A Day
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#9 Found An Old Note My 5th-Grade Math Teacher Wrote To My Mom
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When you think about all the stressors that teachers experience, you might think: "How can they keep up with such a demanding and difficult job?" Well, many can't. During the 2023-2024 school year, 22% of all teachers in the U.S. wanted to quit their jobs. The 2024-2025 school year was slightly better, with only 16% of teachers considering leaving their jobs. Still, so many stressors take a toll on our educators, and they stretch themselves too thin trying to address every student's needs.
#10 The Woodshop Teacher Ran Out Of Sticky Notes, So He Sent My Student To Class With This As A Pass
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#11 Finally, Cleaning Out Joss's Backpack And Came Across This Note From Her Teacher
We’d emailed beforehand, and she asked for help editing the lesson to be more inclusive, and unbeknownst to me, she offered this reassurance to my kid during a potentially confusing and scary moment. What a gift to have her in our corner last year. Thank you to every adult out there treating kids with this kind of respect and care. You give me hope.
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#12 "Demi Cut Her Hair Today. I'm So Sorry"
There are some factors that can contribute to teachers staying. One of them is appreciation from students and their parents. A 2024 study of 1,069 German schoolteachers found that teacher well-being and job satisfaction increase the most when they feel appreciated by students, colleagues, parents, and school leaders. Appreciation from administrators, policymakers, and society contributes to better mental health outcomes and fewer quitting intentions too, yet it has a smaller impact.
#13 My Daughter’s Teacher Did A Mailbox Drop-Off This Morning, With A Lovely Note And Treats For Her And For Us. It Actually Made Me A Bit Teary. It’s All So Hard
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#14 Nat Came Home Today With This Note From Her Teacher
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#15 I Couldn't Stop Laughing
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Parents may think that the high level of stress that teachers experience might be something they have to deal with on their own. However, research shows that teacher burnout negatively affects students, too. "Considering that classroom teachers can take on many roles for elementary school students, including mentor, role model, and parental roles, it is possible that spending most of the school day in interaction with a stressed and burned out teacher is taxing for students and can affect their physiological stress profile," researchers of a 2016 study note.
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#16 The Notes My Teacher Leaves Us
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#17 School Is In Full Swing, And That Means Happy Mail. I Love Sending Home A Few Cards Every Month To Each Student To Remind Them Of How Awesome They Are
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#18 Teacher's Note For Us Summer School Custodians
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Sadly, fewer and fewer young people are choosing teaching as a career. According to a 2024 study, the perception of the prestige of a teacher's profession has fallen between 30 and 47% – almost the lowest in the last 50 years. In 2010, only 38% of high school seniors and college freshmen wanted to pursue teaching. By 2020, only 5% of college freshmen said they wanted to become teachers.
#19 My Theater Teacher Wrote This In My Yearbook. I Just Wanted To Share
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#20 So We’ve Successfully Gotten The 2 Weeks Of School, And She Brings This Home
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#21 My Teacher Sent Me This Note After I Was In The Hospital For A Week
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Those who are teachers today don't judge the young adults who refuse to go into teaching. In 2024, 52% of American teachers told the Pew Research Center that they would not advise a young person to become a teacher. According to them, schools are understaffed, the job is too overwhelming, and the pay is simply not worth it. Many college students are looking for financial stability and are not ready to sacrifice their mental health. If, back in the day, people used to become teachers as a calling, nowadays, young people are more pragmatic and look at teaching in the context of a competitive labor market.
#22 That Is So Sweet
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#23 The Bald Man
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#24 My Godson's 2nd Week In 1st Grade... This Is What His Teacher Wrote In His Journal
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Do you have a teacher whose words or a note you still remember to this day, Pandas? Tell us all about your favorite teachers in the comments. And if you'd like to see more funny stuff that happens in a classroom, check out what happened when this teacher asked his students what they would gift to a 30-something-year-old.
#25 I'm 5 Days Late In Posting This. I Was Packing Up My Books Because I'm Moving Houses, And I Found This Note
It was from my 7th standard English teacher who really encouraged and shaped my love of reading and put up with my general know-it-all-ness in school.
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#26 This Note From My Kid's Teacher
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#27 My Mom Found This Note From My Teacher Who Took My Pikachu
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#28 Received This Note From A Teacher: I Remember Those Workshops At School
"Dear Ken,
Many many years ago you did a workshop at Thomas Tallis School.
A group of disenfranchised footballers followed you like the pied piper wanting you to autograph their footballs, for they became the new football.
It was a joyous piece of business that has stayed with me."
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#29 It's The Little Things
“Austin, continue your art and writing of stories. Perhaps one day you will have a book published too! I hope you have a fun summer vacation together.”
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#30 When Teachers Cover The Clock In Their Classroom
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#31 Found My High School Yearbook. This Was The Note My Economics Teacher Left Me
"You are a fine gentleman and a budding scholar with a good moral compass. Stay on course. In the immortal words of Alfred Tennyson, as quoted in the greatest film of 2014, Interstellar, “Do not go gently into that good night.” Dgent until your heart’s content."
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#32 So We're Doing A Self-Help Unit, And Our Teacher Gave Us All Notes That Had One Thing She Liked About Us To Get Us Started On Writing What We Like About Ourselves
Sometimes simple words are all you need!
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#33 A Note Written By My Secondary School Teacher 10 Years Ago. I Grieve The Person I Used To Be
"Your determination and dedication towards learning are amazing. At this age, with countless distractions one might face, you have managed your priorities very well. You have also been a wonderful sister to your brother and an inspiration to many others.
Be you. Be awesome! Go out and fight for what your heart desires!
All the best for OS! You can do it!"
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#34 I Recently Started Attending College After Graduating From High School 10 Years Ago. Today I Got This Note From My Teacher On The Last Paper I Turned In
"Your work is an absolute pleasure to grade, Mr. You write very well."
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#35 My Math Teacher Handed Me This Note During Class
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#36 Thinking About How My 8th-Grade Teacher Wrote Me This
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#37 My Daughter’s Teacher Left This Note In Her Backpack. As A Parent, This Means Everything
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#38 A Cute Little Note From Trinity's Form Teacher, Sending Her Love To The Little Munchkin
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