As a New York City kindergarten teacher, riding in style for Sharay Hayes once meant scoring a clean-ish, empty seat on his train ride home to Harlem after a long day in the classroom. But after ditching his low-paying gig with the kids to become one of the boroughs’ most in-demand male escorts — sexually … Read more
DEAR ABBY: You sometimes ask readers to share their pet peeves. I am a public school teacher, and here is mine: Parents wonder why their children misbehave, argue with them and act out with attention-getting behaviors. My advice to them: Put down those cellphones and pay attention to your kids! I just had a conference … Read more
New York’s elusive guitar legend can no longer hide in the shadows. After 30 years of discreetly postering the city with flyers advertising his guitar lessons, Dan Smith’s grassroots campaign has earned him the most elaborate poster yet: a Times Square billboard. Since 1992, New Yorkers have seen his face and slogan plastered on telephone … Read more
She’s a model teacher. A California teach-fluencer was slammed online for her playful TikTok videos displaying her classroom style. The Los Angeles woman, who goes by “HeyMissTeacher” on social media, racked up over a million views on a recent TikTok video where she flaunted her colorful outfit of the day. Set to Lady Gaga’s “Papparazzi”, … Read more
Move over, baby name books — this kindergarten class just rewrote the rules of identity, one “Hello My Name Is” sticker at a time. Jordan Lake, a fifth-year kindergarten teacher, is going viral on Instagram after filming himself letting his pint-sized pupils temporarily ditch their given names in favor of something a little more … … Read more
That’s one way to hard launch your relationship. Norway’s Viktor Hovland went public with girlfriend Tuva Dahl Jensen while at the Par 3 contest on the eve of the Masters Tournament on Wednesday. Jensen, who is a 27-year-old Norwegian school teacher, served as Hovland’s caddie at Augusta National Golf Club — where they sealed the … Read more
The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers, or delete … Read more
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