He robbed the cradle — and she broke the internet. A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.” “Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. … Read more
It’s no secret that being a public school teacher isn’t exactly known for being the most lucrative profession, so much so that it’s preventing many from buying houses and simply keeping up with rising costs. Perhaps no one knows this better than Kristen, a Florida middle school teacher who recently ranted about the topic in … Read more
Are kids these days doomed? A concerned middle school teacher recently took to social media to explain the lack of reading and problem-solving skills in her teen students. “I don’t understand how these kids ended up at this point,” a Dallas, Texas, teacher named Ms. L said about her 8th-grade students in a now-viral TikTok … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school year, many parents ask me to write a personal note to their student … Read more
She’s helping old souls tap into a new passion. Betty Markowitz has been teaching tap dance to senior citizens for more than two decades, and at the age of 96, she has no plans to slow down. On Wednesday night, the great-grandmother — who is New York City’s oldest known dance teacher — put on … Read more
This outfit made people talk. In a world where young corporate employees are being called out for not wearing appropriate outfits to the office, teachers are unfortunately also getting caught in the wrath for wearing some questionable fits. Case in point: a school teacher, named Denise, posted a TikTok video of her outfit of the … Read more
She’s teaching these kids a lesson they won’t soon forget. The schoolyard to jailyard pipeline may soon be welcoming another troubled youth, as a ticked-off teacher is calling the cops on a student who robbed her of a trendy trinket valued at nearly $300. But rather than rallying around the educator with support, nagging naysayers on the internet … Read more
Times have changed. During a recent interview with People, “Dawson’s Creek” star Busy Philipps reflected on an “insanely inappropriate” plot line. She was talking about Pacey (Joshua Jackson), a teen boy who has a tryst with a 36-year-old teacher, Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley). Joshua Jackson and Leann Hunley in “Dawson’s Creek.” Courtesy Everett Collection Busy … Read more
A teacher known online as “Teacher Bae” is turning heads — and not in the way school administrators would want. Ms. Williams, a self-described educator and fashion influencer with more than 134,000 TikTok followers, has ignited a firestorm on social media after sharing videos of herself in tight-fitting, provocative outfits — all filmed on school … Read more
Cooper Flagg’s career is managed by a former sixth-grade science teacher of 25 years. His mother, Kelly Flagg, added brand manager to her resume when the Dallas Mavericks selected the 6-foot-9 Duke product with the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NBA draft. It is something she is still processing, along with a whirlwind move … Read more
She used Sydney’s rump for a trauma dump. An ex New Jersey teacher-turned-lifestyle influencer is getting roasted online for turning Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad into a therapy session, with a post claiming she feels unattractive because of her skin color — and a repost of it, calling her a “professional victim,” went viral. “For … Read more
This teacher’s ticked. An enraged educator is calling out her students’ penny-pinching parents over their refusal to chip for a few additional back-to-school supplies the school district allegedly can’t afford — adding fresh fuel to the ongoing debate over who pays for what in public education. “Just so we’re clear, I’m expected to take a bullet for … Read more
Cruising into her golden years. A California retiree sailed into the next stage of her life when she traded in her home in a retirement community for the open seas, where she’ll reside for the next decade. Sharon Lane, a former high school foreign language teacher, purchased an interior villa aboard the Villa Vie Odyssey, … Read more
In a school environment, your child’s teacher is usually nothing more to you than what appears at face value. They’re the person you trust to educate your child on everything from math and history to life skills, the name you see on reports, and the person you catch up with at parent-teacher interviews and school assemblies. But, of course, … Read more
For 18 summers, pilates instructor Kevyn Zeller has been offering one-on-one classes in the Hamptons — for those lucky enough to get a time slot. “I have a pretty devoted, solid clientele,” says Zeller, who also teaches on the Upper East Side. “It’s already starting to book up for the summer.” The popular pilates instructor … Read more
The kids are not all right. Now more than ever, adults are looking to Google for help with their day-to-day life skills, Axios reported. As millennials and Gen Z are moving into adulthood, they’re not asking mom or dad for help on basic skills that their elders may have learned in home economics classes or … Read more
” ’Til death do us part” could be sooner than expected, she feared. A UK teacher fears her honeymoon flight could be her last as an airline has allegedly vowed to continue serving nuts despite her deadly allergy. “I thought Qatar Airways would be more understanding and accommodating of the allergy,” Bethany Roads, 27, told … Read more
Peanut butter jelly time. An elementary school teacher smartly used food to teach her students a lesson. Kayleigh Sloan teaches a creative writing class to first and second-graders. To teach a valuable lesson about where the youngsters went wrong with their assignment to write about how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, she decided … Read more
Now, here’s a parenting tip moms and dads oughta “No!.” Emily Perkins, 28, a kindergarten teacher from Kentucky, is schooling parents on the art of saying “uh-uh” before their little rascal’s first day of school. “Tell your child ‘No,’” said the kiddo pro in a buzzy bulletin with over 326,000 TikTok views. Perkins virally scolded … Read more
The protagonist of “The Teacher” is at the nexus of several dramas at once. Basem (Saleh Bakri), a Palestinian who teaches English at a school in the West Bank, is focused on helping a student, Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri), who has just returned from serving a two-year sentence related to a protest. Yacoub’s brother, Adam (Muhammad … Read more