Genius Teachers That Fired Back At Their Students' 'Clever' Answers
Instead of simply sitting back and letting their students walk all over them, these teachers decided to get back at those that refused to take their work seriously in the most satisfying way: through embarrassment. When all was said and done, you can bet these students thought twice before ever crossing their teachers again!
1. White Out
You can't answer a question that isn't there, right? Unfortunately, Jackie here was a little too confident in her teacher's poor eyesight — that is, until he walked into class that day with an extra-large pair of bifocals!
2. Hugh Jackman
"Clever" as this answer may be, this student should've received at least partial credit. After all, who would you rather be stuck in a room with: 2008's Sexiest Man Alive, or the color yellow?
3. Never Gonna Give You Up
Imagine the look on this student's face when they discovered their dim-witted professor had accidentally posted the answers to the final exam online — and then were immediately hit with the greatest bait-and-switch of all time. Rickrolled!
4. Ninja Power
Threatening your teacher with a poorly drawn ninja seems like the perfect way to squeeze out a decent grade on an exam, though this student never counted on the Red Pen Ninja making an appearance. His only weakness? Actually studying.
5. Eek!
This teacher deserves some credit. Instead of completely disregarding this student's nonsensical drawing, they simply wanted more detail. Why did the man want those kids off his property? Why is only one running figure shouting "Eek!"? These are the important questions.
6. Nice Work, Josh
This teacher clearly knew excellence when they saw it — after all, it takes a true master to lose enough homework assignments to warrant an award. They also planned on leaving Josh a word of advice in his yearbook, though he also managed to lose that, too.
7. Judged Judy
Not sure what's more concerning: how much Judy really doesn't like this injured boy, or that her teacher has already seen this from her before. Is it just boys she finds ugly, or specifically boys that fell off a bike?
8. Exploring Other Options
It looks like divine intervention came a little too late for this student, as even evoking Jesus wasn't enough to land a passing grade. But, hey, if they're really set on getting those marks up, why not just transfer to a Catholic school?
9. I Don't Know
It's ok for a student to admit when they've come up short, though this teacher clearly saw right through this student's feigned ignorance. Now, the only acronym this kid needs to know is just one letter long: F!
10. A Numb Experience
Honesty is the best policy, but telling your teacher their test was "depressing" is a surefire way to earn a trip to the principal's office. This teacher, however, decided to respond with a taste of the student's own medicine — who's the depressing one now, Kevin?
11. Ryan's Dad
While the handwriting was a perfect match to Ryan's own, his dad made one fatal mistake when trying to slip this answer past his eagle-eyed teacher. Sure, this could have worked on the high-school level, but things are sure to look fishy when a first grader recognizes the word "appraised."
12. Formal Essays are Sad
True, but can't someone be happy while writing a formal essay? Evidently not, as even a sideways smiley face wasn't enough to grease this professor's palm. Would a frowny face have worked better?
13. Dreaming of Teamwork
Teamwork makes the dream work, which is why this teacher wasn't about to let this penguin family wear itself out walking to school. Let's just hope those little penguins don't doodle on their tests, too...
14. Magnify
It seems like students' handwriting just gets smaller and smaller every year, so, naturally, this teacher had had enough. Letting this pupil give themselves a grade is a genius way for this teacher to avoid a headache... though good luck trying to read what that grade actually is.
15. Get Better, Bud
It's one thing to cheat, but to cheat badly is just embarrassing. Now, is this teacher scolding the student for breaking the rules, or for just being a really sucky cheater?
16. What is Love?
Jeez — it looks like this teacher isn't much of a romantic. But, hey, if Meat Loaf would do anything for love, the least this teacher could've done is toss this kid a little extra credit!
17. You Shall Not Pass
If Gandalf the Grey was willing to stand in the way of a Balrog, surely he wasn't going to let a student slip past so easily. Still, why would anyone be so eager to get out of a test that claims to have so many pictures?
18. Extra Credit
No sheep here, as this student clearly took the red the pill from Morpheus. Why answer the question? Why take the test? Why even show up to school? The rabbit hole only gets deeper from there, kid.
19. Dolphin Men Unite
Every so often, a hero emerges to prove that sometimes a little creativity can go a long way in earning a little extra credit — that hero's name is Man Dolphin. Yet the student who drew this semi-aquatic superhero wasn't the first to win a teacher over with a laugh.
20. Kissin' Chicks
This kid had life all figured out early. Most notable is that, according to the imprint left behind from erased text, he momentarily recorded one pair of goals, then thought, "Wait a second. I just want to kiss girls and rule the world."
21. Life Sentence
Scientists long ago defined a cell as the biological structure that forms all living things. Unfortunately, one student missed that particular day in class. This kid also missed the most important detail: the tough-and-scary cell mate!
22. Circled
Sometimes, you just have to call it as you see it, and this student certainly subscribed to that theory. All those other test-takers were probably writing about leaves, petals, and cells or something. This guy? He saw a flower. What else is there to say?
23. Young Love
Ah, young love. This teacher is no stranger to the butterflies and angst of those teenage relationships, and, like any caring educator would, he decided to share his key pickup line with this struggling student: talking about atmospheric nitrogen. What a charmer!
24. Math
For this kid, parsing through his own mid-test thinking just didn't seem like a necessary step in the learning process. He used math, duh! But you'd hate to see how he'd have answered this question if he'd just guessed.
25. Scraping Knee
Listen, there were only so many things you could do about a scraped knee back in the day. Crying was a no-go if you wanted to maintain your street cred on the playground, and snitching to a teacher was a surefire way to spend recess indoors. Clearly, this kid knew what was up.
26. Bob's Diet
While the answer this student gave on his or her math test wasn't mathematically correct in any way, it technically wasn't wrong. Whoever wrote the question probably would've benefited from a grammar test, though.
27. That Log Can JAM!
Wyatt did the impossible with his answer to this test question: he created a double pun with a single image. Not only did his log have rhythm, it positively jammed on that guitar. Log jam, anyone? Looks like the teacher appreciated his work, too.
28. Honest Policies
Right about the time kids learned about shapes and figures, parents and teachers instilled another important lesson as well: honesty is the best policy. This little boy or girl took that saying to heart, apparently.
29. Estimating
Kudos to this kid. He actually bubbled in the right answer! Even better: he went the extra mile to make sure the listed answer was doubly correct and a little more, well... exact.
30. That Ain't Right
Whoa, slow down there Captain Literal! With his interpretation of the instructions, he must have flown through the rest of the test. You have to wonder if he thought it just a little bit strange that so many questions in a row had the same answer.
31. First Base
Here was another case of a student taking the directions on an assignment literally with results that'd threaten to send any teacher grading papers into gales of laughter. Frankly, this student more than demonstrated that they had their alphabet down.
32. 1895
This answer inspired debates among end-of-the-year enthusiasts everywhere. Did 1895 really end in 1896? Was it technically still 1895 for, like, a second in 1896? Or did 1895 end and then 1896 start—two separate, non-overlapping events? Ah!
33. Thoughts On Foreign Policy?
Somewhere in the spirit world, Pablo Escobar read how this kid answered this question and laughed his heart out while using dollar bills as tissues. Talk about being honest...
34. Ectoplasm
If anything, this student should have lost points for not listing the complete number of inanimate objects ectoplasm brought to life. Come on, kid, commit to the bit or just leave the darn thing blank.
35. Groovin' at Test Time
This student might not have had the answers when it came to describing ways to brainstorm verbs, but he certainly knew a catchy tune when he heard one. Do you think he earned bonus points for his enthusiasm for movin' it?
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