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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Icy_Sprinkles_2819 on 2026-03-12 09:05:36+00:00.
Ok, so basically, I’m a teacher. Today I woke up and put on a super slay all black outfit. I spent aaaages lint rolling it so that it would look spotless.
Anyways, when I’m in class I can behave somewhat… eccentric and erratic. It’s partially because of anxiety and partially because it keeps the students engaged.
At one point during class today I was quickly wiping white chalk from the (tall) chalkboard and quickly writing stuff onto it.
Afterwards I looked down at myself and noticed a tonne of chalk dust was all down the front of my shirt. Embarrassed, I quickly dusted myself off and then continued on with my day. I taught 2 more different classes of 50 students.
At the end of the day I realised that A LOT of chalk dust had somehow landed on my back. I had been walking around with what looked like a medically disastrous level of dandruff all day.
kill me now lmao.
TL;DR: I got tonnes of white chalk dust on the back of my black shirt and I didn’t notice it until I had finished publicly speaking in front of 100+ people who I will have to interact with again multiple times.
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EDIT: okay… I was not expecting the comments to all be debating the existence of chalk and policing the way I talk on my anonymous reddit account.
Yes, I am somewhat abnormally young for a teacher (21). However, teaching high school students is genuinely my full-time paid job. Different countries have different requirements and prerequisites for becoming a teacher. I‘m not in a developed country.
I am perfectly capable of speaking formally and using proper grammar, but teachers are people too. When I’m using my private social media account I don’t feel the need to be anal about correct grammar and punctuation, I just talk like myself.