An 8th grade teacher on TikTok recently went viral after sharing a list of insults her students have said to her.
Kids do say the darndest things...but it sure can sting a little.
And the older kids get, the more intentional and targeted those comments become, so in essence, "the darndest" things kind of become a little hurtful, even when the intent is humor.
Cue Miss Dugan (@miss.dugan1), who compiled a list of burns from her 8th grade students and shared them to TikTok, much to the delight of her viewers. (Not so much to hers.)
Dugan's video begins with her sitting in a classroom reading from what looks to be the burn book of student remarks.
She began:
"Things that my eighth graders have said to me."
And she jumped right into the first item on the list.
"Are you in therapy, you seem like the type."
Another insult was:
"You look like my grandpa's couch."
To this, she replied:
"Thank you."
Next, Dugan read that she overheard a student say:
"Now that the opps are gone we can yap."
She then shared that after a student correctly answered a question, they shouted:
"Yuhh, I felt that one in my nuggets."
But then it was back to the insults.
"Your pants look like trash bags sewn together, haha, trash bag pants."
And there was the student who did not appreciate feedback.
"I don't get why you write so much on my rough draft, I'm not reading all that bruh, for real, for real."
And the commentary one student should have kept to himself.
"Miss Dugan, the toilet paper in this school sucks, I just got dookie on my hand."
The next was definitely targeted at the teacher.
"Fat a** alert."
"That one ended up being about me, um, I was eating some crackers."
Another student told Dugan:
"Miss Dugan, you don't wanna know what I say about you behind your back or you'd quit your job."
And then the nail in the coffin:
"And finally, how does it feel to be the only unmarried teacher in this school?"
The creator finished with a very solemn, "Thank you."
She captioned her TikTok with a quote from John Mulaney, perfectly summing up her experience:
"8th graders will make fun of you but in an accurate way."
You can watch below.
This TikTok has been viewed more than 10 million times already, and viewers were highly entertained (sorry, Ms. Dugan).
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But they also acknowledged she is both a rock star and a saint.
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Due to popular demand, the TikToker posted a round two of insults, and they did not disappoint.
Among the top were the following burns:
"Why do you smile like that?"
"What is that black stuff on your eye?!"
It was eyeshadow.
After reliving conversations about birth control and lack of empathy after her childhood dog ran away, Ms. Dugan revealed the last on the list:
"You're giving single core."
Bless you, Ms. Dugan.
