While films and shows do tend to insert an inordinate amount of drama into high school storylines, many people tend to remember it as a somewhat dull time. However, every now and then, there are some cases of people doing something truly unhinged that ends up becoming a school legend.
A netizen asked folks to share incidents from high school they truly could not forget. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts in the comments below. Be warned, some of these get a bit intense.
#1
Catholic school… Full of nuns… Someone stole the baby Jesus out of the crib and sent a ransom note to the nuns.
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96points
#2
Teachers made girls with short shorts bend forward and measured how short the shorts were. Had a walk out, got other schools and the police involved. Principal got fired
59points
#3
When I was 12yrs, our teacher took the whole class on a trip to a vineyard that was down the road (we walked) to catch her husband having an affair with the owner and have us as witnesses.
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57points
#4
Bio teacher made the students do DNA tests including the teacher and discovered he was the father of one of his students.
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54points
#5
We had a teacher confiscate an inhaler off a girl and she ended up having an asthma attack and the teacher thought she was JOKING
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54points
#6
In primary school a teacher got fired and jail time for playing a quiz game with pupils called 'sniff & tickle' and if you got the question wrong you would have to let him sniff or tickle your feet.
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53points
#7
A man (who had been released from prison that day) was running round our school field wearing NOTHING except a balaclava… whole school went on lockdown
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51points
#8
A senior used AI deepfake to generate inappropriate pics of female students(youngest victim is 14) AND only got a really small punishment(same as being late to school)but thats not it, the teacher that handled this case allegedly BLAMED the victims for putting their selfies online so they had to carry this risk?? the school tried shutting the victims too💀
50points
#9
The janitor died of cancer, he always greeted students and faculty everyday so everyone felt his loss. RIP Pepe you were too pure for this world.
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48points
#10
My history teacher has survived a kidnapping, saved a man's life, evaded a dog's attack in the dessert, and went across the U.S on a tricycle twice, and has written 5 books.
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47points
#11
I live in Newcastle my school went on a school trip to London and accidentally left a student there 😅
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46points
#12
My maths teacher had the same surname as me and during a test he said “I’m your dad aren’t I Amy “ I ripped my test up stood up and walked out … my dads dead … he later got done for being a pdfile
42points
#14
A recently divorced teacher got fired bc a student made a joke about her having no one on Valentine’s Day and she replied “the only date you’ll ever have is with your right hand”
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39points
#15
A 15 year old went missing and eight months later it was revealed that she had indeed ran away with a former teacher and was pregnant with his twins
38points
#16
PE teacher cheated on the english teacher that EVERYONE Loved (AND WITH A STUDENT?? (rumored)) and everyone made his classes a LIVING HELL (deserved)
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37points
#17
I went to school with Britains youngest serial k**ler James Fairweather, he was the youngest at the time (2014) & his first victim was k**led 3 mins from my house.
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35points
#18
English teacher went on a “vacation”, was supposed to be a week; nearly 7 months passed without a word. We were without a teacher for a while. Turns out he's in a psych ward.
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35points
#19
This one girlie wrote a confession letter to her crush, but accidentally gave it in as an English assignment. The teacher called her into class and told her he liked her too.
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33points
#20
There were rumours about the religion teacher and a student. Everyone thought it was odd. Well, we graduated… a few years later they pop up married with a kid.
33points