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Teacher anecdotes

We'd like to hear your teaching anecdotes. We are looking for funny stories, horror stories from the classroom, disaster stories from the classroom. (See below for more themes.) To send your anecdote, write to the web editor. Any entry we publish will receive a prize. Only entries that we publish will receive a prize.This will vary but will always include a book title published by Macmillan.

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  • Anecdote: One too many?

    Eddie Conlon is enlightened by some sober wisdom in his classroom.

  • Anecdote: Getting away with it

    Mary Whitsell realizes that there is such a thing as karma as an impromptu and rowdy class fails to get the better of her.

  • Anecdote: A case for concern

    Luckily, Tara Kenway’s student didn’t expose anything more than a lack of English vocabulary!

  • Anecdote: At cross purposes

    This anecdote from Jane Richards highlights the confusions that can arise with modern slang, innit.

  • Anecdote: Toy story

    Nora Soto del Canto had to hastily correct her Chilean students when a spot of child’s play unwittingly turned into adult entertainment.