Controlling an unruly class of teenagers is no mean feat, but these teachers prove that injecting a bit of banter into their lessons can be enough to get their pupils on side.
As any student knows, it’s rare to find educators who really go the extra mile in order to engage and entertain their students – but these few really put the fun into education.
From teachers who donned their pyjamas to deliver early-morning lectures to those who managed to see the funny side of assignments handed in late, students have been taking to social media to share their comical classroom moments.
FEMAIL has amassed a few of the finest examples…
Looking back on our school days, we’ve all got at least one teacher with a place in our hearts thanks to their witty charm and banter and students have taken to social media to share the teachers who made their school days more memorable. It was apparently not until the end of the class that students noticed the label on this bottle
The nonchalant teacher came up with an amusing way to discourage students from using their phones during his class
Rather than naming and shaming the loved-up couple packing on the PDA at school, this unimpressed teacher left a witty note using some comical images and a Notebook film reference instead
Pupils were left in stitches when they walked into class to discover their teacher nonchalantly making a subtle cry for help
This teacher came up with an inventive way to show his students he wouldn’t take any prisoners in the classroom
One teacher decided to have a bit of fun with his pupils to ease them into their exam revision
One student explained that her lecturer wears this mask to hide his expression when he’s marking their work
A lecturer fed up of students choosing whichever font they wanted for their assignments resorted to fire arms
When Pluto was demoted from the solar system as not being a proper planet in 2006, the teacher left this tribute
This lecturer was hoping to spread some festival cheer in his algebra class
Introducing memes into complicated science subjects in one way to break the monotony
A teacher in a boarding school was so fed up of his boarders leaving their food in the oven after falling asleep that he decided to shame them in class
Simple but effective, this lecturer stuck a photo of himself at his desk on the window to fool students looking for him
A bemused teacher who knew his female student was smoking in the bathroom sat outside until she was finished ready to suspend her
This no-nonsense professor protested his classes being scheduled as 7am by turning up to lead the class wearing pyjamas every day
This user wrote, ‘so today in class a wasp flew into our room and was sitting on the ceiling and instead of just killing it with a ruler or book or something, my teacher SET IT ON FIRE’
One teacher left a rather ominous note surrounding the clock to put fear into the kids
A teacher at this school showed his pupils that there was only one place for late essays
This man came up with a rather effective way of getting his children to sign into school and pay attention at the same time
A student didn’t show up for her Spanish class and her joker of a teacher decided to make light of the situation
One sassy teacher took some inspiration from Queen Bee when it came to inspiring her students
Meanwhile, another teacher took some cues from Liam Neeson’s character in Taken to ensure his hall pass didn’t go missing
A teacher who was sick of his students forgetting their pens punished them in a hilarious way – by making them use quills
This sassy teacher reverted to the old school paint app to make his feelings clear
A student who matched with her teacher on Tinder just after her final exams got a rather surprising and amusing message