Line #21 Main/Schoolteachers


1	->"''Teaching is the only job where you steal from home to take to work.''"
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3	In the developed world, almost everyone attends school at some point in their lives. So it's only natural that a large number of TV shows (and movies and books, etc) center around the school experience. In reality, every teacher is different. On TV, however, teachers seem to always fall into one of the following categories:
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5	!!Tropes:
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7	[[index]]
8	* ApatheticTeacher: A teacher who doesn't give a damn how well their students do.
9	* AppleForTeacher: A student gives their teacher an apple.
10	* BadassTeacher: Calls the roll, then kicks ass.
11	* CoolTeacher: A teacher who makes learning fun and is well liked by their students.
12	* CreepyGymCoach: Gym teachers and coaches that are perverted.
13	* DrillSergeantNasty (the coach version)
14	* EmbarrassingRelativeTeacher: MyBelovedSmother is now ''your teacher''
15	* EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher: A friendly teacher who is just out of schooling.
16	* EvilTeacher: Regardless of which of the other tropes they adopt, this teacher is actively working for the dark side.
17	* FiredTeacher: Deservedly or not, this educator is on the unemployment line.
18	* HippieTeacher: A teacher who dresses and acts like they're from TheSixties.
19	* HotLibrarian: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
20	* HotTeacher: A teacher who is found attractive by their students.
21	* LoonyLibrarian: An off-kilter librarian.
22	* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: A teacher who talks to everyone as if they were young children.
23	* MoreThanJustATeacher: An overqualified teacher with an extremely impressive skillset.
24	* MysteriousTeachersLounge: What ''do'' they do in there?
25	* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: A person who will do whatever needs to be done to keep kids from skipping school.
26	* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Reading, writing, and either radical or reactionary activism.
27	* PrivateTutor: A teacher who is hired by a family to teach only one student.
28	* PsychologistTeacher: Actually understands the way their students, and normal people, think.
29	* SadistTeacher: A teacher who enjoys tormenting their students.
30	* ScaryLibrarian: Also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
31	* {{Schoolmarm}}: The single teacher, usually working alone, in rural and usually historical settings; may combine with many of the other tropes.
32	* SchoolNurse: Charged with the health of the students, and like the Librarian often comes in "Hot" or "Scary" sub-tropes.
33	* SenseiChan: A young female schoolteacher who is seen as more of a CoolBigSis by her students.
34	* SternNun: A nun, usually teaching a class in a religious school, who enforces harsh discipline.
35	* SternTeacher: A teacher who can be a bit harsh at times, but in the end truly does care about their students and is only hard on them because they want them to do well.
36	* StudentsPlayingMatchmaker: Students try to find their teachers a boyfriend or girlfriend.
37	* TeacherParentRomance: A teacher falls in love with the parent of one of their students.
38	* TeachersOutOfSchool: A student reacts to finding out that teachers have lives outside of school.
39	* TeacherStudentRomance: A teacher and their student fall in love.
40	* TeasingTheSubstituteTeacher: A substitute teacher is treated like a ButtMonkey by the class they're supposed to be teaching.
41	* TormentedTeacher: Teachers are shown to put up with some very trying situations.
42	[[/index]]
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44	In terms of rank, the [[AuthorityTropes authority tropes]] arguably equal are BadassPreacher, CorruptCorporateExecutive, IrishPriest, PreacherMan, PedophilePriest, SexyPriest, SinisterMinister and TheVicar. For the next step down, see StudentCouncilPresident. For the next step up, see DeanBitterman.

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