He Threatened to Poop on My Desk

06/02/25 • 44 min

It’s Episode 50, and honestly... what better way to celebrate than with a voicemail about a student who threatened to poop on a teacher’s desk?

This week, I’m unpacking end-of-year exhaustion (May energy is real and it’s violent), plus the wildest school stories you sent in—including kids confessing their sex lives mid-English class and throwing Pop-Tarts in rage. We’re also talking about failing infrastructure, disappearing school funding, and how to literally show up to your state legislature and say, “Hey boo, we gotta talk.”

And if you’ve ever asked a student a simple question and immediately regretted it... welcome. You’re home.

Takeaways:

A student skipped class and promised to defecate on the teacher’s desk if she told. (Yes, really.)
Why a district told teachers to use buckets because the water was off—and how that might violate health code.
What actually happens when you show up to your state legislature to speak—and how to do it without getting immediately ignored.
A student accidentally reveals her entire relationship drama in response to “Hey, what happened to your eye?”
Andrea unpacks the AI writing tool hidden inside Canva—and what it means for your students' essays

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It’s Episode 50, and honestly... what better way to celebrate than with a voicemail about a student who threatened to poop on a teacher’s desk?

And if you’ve ever asked a student a simple question and immediately regretted it... welcome. You’re home.

Takeaways:

A student skipped class and promised to defecate on the teacher’s desk if she told. (Yes, really.)
Why a district told teachers to use buckets because the water was off—and how that might violate health code.
What actually happens when you show up to your state legislature to speak—and how to do it without getting immediately ignored.
A student accidentally reveals her entire relationship drama in response to “Hey, what happened to your eye?”
Andrea unpacks the AI writing tool hidden inside Canva—and what it means for your students' essays

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Join our Book Club: www.patreon.com/thosewhocanread

Don’t Be Shy Come Say Hi: www.podcasterandrea.com

Watch on YouTube: @educatorandrea

A Human Content Production

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previous Episode

The Ballad of Bastards and Grammy Nominee, Five for Fighting

This week, I’m talking to literal Grammy-nominated musical legend John Ondrasik—aka Five for Fighting—about education, mentorship, Costco carts, and how he’s working to put real music teachers back in underfunded schools. (Also, I tried not to ugly cry while listening to “100 Years” on loop. Mostly succeeded.)

But before we get there... we’ve got a classroom snake situation, an inappropriate dictionary moment, and a cooking class where a student shows up with a knife restriction and a no-females policy. What could go wrong?

From ED plans that make zero sense to policies that make teachers legally required to just stand there while it happens, we’re breaking down the bureaucratic circus one story at a time.

Stay for the music. Stay for the IEP trauma. Stay because someone said “bastard” in the most educational way possible.

Takeaways:

A kid calls another a bastard—and the dictionary only confirms it.
A cooking class takes a wild turn when a student shows up with a restriction against females and knives.
I talk with Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik about his plan to restore music teachers to underfunded schools—and how he ended up supplying Costco carts.
A snake shows up in the classroom, and somehow, that’s not the wildest part of the episode.
What happens when a student’s accommodation forces teachers to cross serious ethical boundaries?

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Want more Five for Fighting:

Website: http://www.fiveforfighting.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiveforfightingmusic/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fiveforfighting

Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnondrasik

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fiveforfightingVEVO

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@fiveforfightingmusic

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Join our Book Club: www.patreon.com/thosewhocanread

Don’t Be Shy Come Say Hi: www.podcasterandrea.com

Watch on YouTube: @educatorandrea