30 of the Dumbest Things Parents Said to Teachers

However stupid a child is, you can safely assume there’s an adult responsible for such stupidity. Case in point: One teacher recalled a story about their male student who cheated by stealing an essay that began with the sentence “As a 16-year-old girl.” When the kid’s mother found out about it, she scolded her son for “not even cheating right,” and asked him, “How are you going to get into college if you can’t cheat?” 

Other educators on Reddit have also told the tales of the dumbest things they’ve heard parents say, and a certain adage about apples and trees really comes to mind.