30 Pranks Teachers Loved Being on the Receiving End Of

‘I started to panic that all 37 of them had figured out they could outnumber me’
30 Pranks Teachers Loved Being on the Receiving End Of

Pulling a prank on a teacher is, generally, inadvisable. It’s what most would call a high-risk, low-reward gamble. At best, you get a teacher who is almost required not to full-on laugh at it. At worst, well, you’re getting all new teachers, and a new building to learn from them in.

If you can thread that needle, though, you will create a lasting memory for both sides — as evidenced by the following tales, shared on Reddit, of teachers begrudgingly admitting that certain pranks were, in fact, pretty good. 

Keep reading and enjoy a list of things that actually went right for once.

legion_dota . 7y ago Two students stole my stapler and tried to do the jello thing with it (which, I admit, I would have laughed at), but the idiots put the jello in the freezer so it would set faster. All it did was freeze the water which promptly melted all over my classroom's floor... | laughed my ass off as they frantically tried to clean it all up and explain.
cat-clowder . 7y ago A student brought in a huge watermelon, dumped it on my co-worker's desk and said, They were out of apples. It was so random, and we all got a big kick out of it.
 7y ago | was teaching a large group of students in Mexico. Someone raised their hand and asked is it pronounced 'muerense' or 'mueranse' (roughly translated go die). I was confused because I didn't understand what it had to do with the subject, so I repeated the question. Everybody, like 80 students, then dropped dead on the floor. | was impressed with the fact they coordinated it, but seeing as they botched their own prank I just rolled my eyes and kept teaching.
Studly_Wonderballs . 7y ago A teacher took a cell phone from a student, opened the ceiling tile and tossed the phone so that it was above the neighbouring classroom. Then all day people would call the phone and the teacher next door went insane trying to find where the noise was coming from.
hmmgross 7y ago If it's ok, I was the student at the time but I know I can speak for my teacher as I know him to this day and he remembers it fondly. If we ever asked our teacher something about the lesson that was incorrect he would respond with if you believe that then it says gullible on the ceiling. One day he stepped out of class for a minute and a bunch of us taped a piece of paper with gullible written on it on the ceiling above his desk. Then we waited.... When the time eventually
TheJewishCowgirl 7y ago I had a small group of sophomore boys hide a handful of Easter eggs in my room one year. There was also a school-wide staff Easter egg hunt that the boys knew nothing about, so I expected to find one egg in my room. Then I kept finding them. The boys asked me if I found them all, and me, being totally clueless and thinking it was still the staff Easter egg hunt, told them that I had and that I was pretty sure the Easter bunny messed up because I was only supposed to have one.
tscott2 7y ago The other day I had to leave 12 female 9th graders in the classroom alone for like 3 minutes tops. I jokingly told them to be good when I left because I knew they weren't going to do anything besides sit there and talk. When I came back they had turned as many things upside down in my room as they could. Desks, chairs, stuff on my desk, a microwave, trashcans... it was funny because it didn't harm anything and I wasn't expecting them to do anything ornery when I was gone. They were so proud of
 . 7y ago Not the teacher, but my boyfriend once colluded with two classmates to bring a blender, milk, and some other ingredients to school and started making a smoothie in the middle of english class.
fla_john 7y ago S Edited 7y ago My first year teaching, there was a kid who was a really great drummer and beat-boxer. One day in the middle of a test, he starts softly laying down a beat. I gave him a look, but he was too far into it and got louder. It was a really recognizable song, so another kid starts doing the keyboard part. Eventually the whole class is doing an amazing acapella of Sal-N- Peppa's Push It. I couldn't be mad. To this day, 17 years later, it's one of the best things that's happened in
gieger15 7y ago Me and the gym teacher, new teachers, have to give the puberty talk to 50 6th grade boys. Halfway through we give them note cards to ask us anonymous questions. Most of them are about zits and boners but there are a few like, why is my cock 11 inches and how do I get girls to give me blowjobs. Needless to say we had to go through the pile quickly to weed out the ones we weren't going to answer. So as I'm flipping through the pile, I come across is doggy style fun? I'm trying
mopedarmy . 7y ago During a 7th grade health class, while I stepped out for a second, students grabbed my CPR manikin and quickly threw a coat and hat on him then sat him up in a seat. Then had the nerve to keep a straight face while I had trouble keeping mine...I lost it laughing.
Groovy_Chainsaw a 7y ago Arranged for a phone message to be left for my bio teacher call from Mr. Lyon. Teacher wasn't familiar with the name but on his next free period he called the number (from the school office - pre cell phone era ) Не knew he'd been pranked as soon as the person on the other end answered the phone ... Philadelphia Zoo, how may I direct your call ?
tossaway587 . 3 7y ago My old biology teacher had a shit load of plants in her classroom. One of my classmates planted a weed seed in one of her pots and she didnt notice until it was big enough to recognize that it was weed. She chuckled it off.
one earup . 7y ago I teach 11th grade English and always assign seats to help me learn names because I mix them up so bad! These three boys picked up on that and started switching seats and names. It took me a couple days before I figured it out!
 7y ago I had to run to the office (just down the corridoor) to go get some work sheets I forgot for the lesson and jokingly said to my class that I expect perfect behaviour and want them sat straight with arms crossed when I got back, got back to the classroom and they're all laid up against their chairs (like planking) with their arms crossed over their chest like vampires! I deffo wasn't mad and a little impressed tbh!
belindatookus 7y ago Edited 7y ago Not the best prank really but I just wanted to share because I'm so glad this joke is still around. One of my 3rd graders asked if I like pizza. Me: Yes. Him: Do you loooove pizza? Me (knowing exactly where this is going): Sure do. Love it! Him: Then why don't you marry it? insert wholesome laughter from the whole group because they got me So far I've married pizza, Mac and cheese, Vincent Van Gogh, tacos, my tennis shoes, and stuffed pig because I fall for it every time.
thegreymalkindidit 7y ago I had one of those daily calendars with pictures of cats and I hadn't been pulling off the days. Somehow, without me noticing, they pulled off all the days until they got to the current date, cut out all the cats, and taped them all around my computer monitor. At the end of the day I finally sat down to be greeted by a halo of cats. I laughed until I cried and left up my cat halo for the rest of the year. Best prank ever.
mopedarmy . 7y ago During students teaching I was quieting a bunch of 9th graders when one of them did a count down from 5. I asked him to stop but at 0 everybody tossed up their pencils to clatter on the floor. Simple, cute and I couldn't stop smiling.
 7y ago My philosophy teacher always played mini pranks on us, he is one of my favorite teachers. We decides to prank him back, we had a work period, he left the classroom, someone spoke up & said Everytime he talks just start laughing. Не comes back & he just mumbles something and we all burst laughing. So for about 15 minutes straight, he's going absolutely crazy, because he wants to know whats funny and if we played a prank on him, he's not mad or upset but having a good time. Those were good times.
clokerayburn 7y ago When I was a student my maths teacher was explaining functions. Не was saying how you could express just about anything as a function in the form of f(x), and spent a few minutes writing down random examples on the board. I put my hand up pretending to not understand and asked 'could you have a function of something like u+ck?', to which he replied 'absolutely! and promptly wrote f(u+ck) on the board. A few people got it and laughed and it took the teacher a second but he caught on too. Не laughed as well, said
 7y ago Not a teacher but the student who pulled the prank. So basically she was a laid back English professor where I went to college, and she had finished telling us about this story about ghosts (she's a strong believer) or something that happened at her house. She basically felt that she was being followed by this presence. I sat far away from her, so I opened up a word document and typed We're coming for you over and over again, and had it sent to the in room printer. The printer comes to life, and since we
 7y ago a few years ago I had to leave the room for a few minutes. When I came back I knew something was different, but I couldn't put my finger on what. About 5 minutes passes, and then I realize that everyone had flipped their seat. Everyone who normally sat on the left side of the room was on the right, and vice versa. My class is in a U configuration. It took some serious quick thinking to get it all figured out so quickly. 11th grade English by the way.
mskrabapel 7y ago We were doing a coloring project one of the last days of school. One of my fifth graders said Wouldn't it be funny if someone took all the purple markers? Sure enough, setting up my classroom that fall, all of them are gone. I can't even be mad about it. Не pretty much told me he was going to do it.
. 7y ago | was subbing for a high school biology class and a kid made a tiny fire ball out of a battery or something. Obviously I had to write him up because fire in class but I was so impressed he could do that lol
 7y ago i remember having a student who never done homework and i always gave him detention for it one day he came in with a piece of paper saying sir i done the homework. i was in shock. i proceeded to open the paper and see that he had written April fools and that is it wasn't even mad didn't give him a detention because of how well he had planned that
Certainlynotwrong e 7y ago Edited 7y ago A teacher emptied a student's backpack when he left to go to the bathroom, and turned it inside out. When the student came back, he thought someone stole his backpack to he went back outside to look for it without realizing that his bag was in the same place he had left it.
celem83 @ 7y ago My dad has one of those really long entire school photos taken when he was a lad. Once upon a time this was accomplished with a camera that twisted to take multiple shots for stitching together. So of course he is standing on both ends of the back row ( run, fast, but don't false start XD). One of the games masters complimented his 'dash' later that afternoon but never took it further
d2222s i 7y ago Edited 7y ago The kids always nagged me for not recycling paper enough. (I tried, just not as intentionally as other teachers, I guess.) So one day, I walked into my room after lunch only to find my desk covered in Post-it notes saying Tree Killer in blood red marker. Needless to say, the irony wasn't lost on me... Also, I threw them all in the regular trash out of spite. We had a good laugh.
ReadingPusher . 7y ago 6th period not one student showed up to class on time. Not one. I started to panic that all 37 of them had figured out they could outnumber me. About five minutes later, they all filed in with a lighted birthday cake for me, singing Happy Birthday. It was so incredibly sweet. They thought it was hilarious.
Ham_Kitten . 7y ago The best ones are the really low-stakes ones. I had a student who would periodically sneak a sticky note onto the underside of my computer mouse so the laser wouldn't work. It got me every single time and I would get really frustrated before I finally figured it out.

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