Get ready to be baffled! These shocking pictures from American schools are about to leave the rest of the world scratching their heads.
From school buses that look like they’re from a movie set to cafeteria “food” that defies explanation, these wild snapshots of U.S. education are a wild ride.
Whether it’s bizarre mascots, questionable architecture, or just things that scream, “Only in America,” these fail pictures are sure to confuse and amuse in equal measure!
Buckle up, the bell’s about to ring on this strange lesson in American school life!
1. Florida Teacher Here. This Is Our School’s “Library” Now
Florida passed a law that said no books can be displayed in a school, until they’ve been reviewed and approved by an appointed team. If a teacher shows a book that has not been approved, they could be charged with a felony.
2. During The Summer, My School Installed Metal Gates Over The Bathrooms To Keep Us From Going Between Classes
3. My School Blocked A Website Because It Was Labeled As Educational
4. This Survey At My School
5. Creepy Surveillance Into The Boys’ Bathroom At My High School
There is a window in the boys’ bathroom that has a perfect line of sight with the security office that doubles as a panopticon of the entire commons area. If this was the girls’ bathroom, heads would roll and there would have been a riot outside years ago. I hate it here.
6. My School Doesn’t Have Stall Doors
There are also huge mirrors directly facing them.
7. My School Wants Us To Allow This On Our Personal Devices, Just To Use Google Classroom
8. They Start The Indoctrination Early At My Florida High School
9. Our High School Covers Expiration Dates With A Sharpie
10. The Absolutely Terrible Design Of My School. This Is The Place Where Every Hallway Intersects
11. This Is The Inside Of My Child’s Homework Folder Provided By The School. At What Point Has Consumerism Gone Too Far?
12. What A Sad Country We Live In For My 12-Year-Old To Text Me This
13. Our School Spent 1.3 Million On New Turf For A Loosing Team, But I Get To Deal With This Every Time It Rains Because They Can’t Afford To Fix The Roof
14. The School Lunch System Is Disgraceful
From my years in high school I compiled some pictures of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about eating healthy by including every food group.
15. My School’s Bag Check Line
16. Bathroom Pass In An American School. I Mean, I Get It, Kids Take Advantage, But This Is Too Much
17. My School Blocked Google
18. My School Banned The Dinosaur Game
19. Sign On The Nurse’s Door At My School
20. This Is What They Gave Us For Lunch Today. I’m A 6’5″ 160 Lbs Track Athlete, With Practice And Weight Training After School. This Did Little To Nothing To My Hunger Level
21. School Board Policy For Lunch In North Carolina
22. My School Is Fining Students That Take Too Long In The Bathroom
23. About Half Of This 50-Gallon Trash Can Is Full Of Perfectly Good Cartons Of Milk, Expiration Date Is In 2 Weeks. Schools Waste A Lot Of Food
24. When Your School Bans Wikipedia, Only To Copy Directly From Wikipedia In Their Own Lesson Resources
25. This Map Is In My School’s Elementary Library. Because All Of Eastern Asia And The Pacific Islands Are Apparently China
26. My Children’s School Folders Are Starting To Look Like Internet Pop-Ups
27. Honestly, I’d Rather Just Ask For Cash
28. Toilet Paper Provided At My School
29. My Little Brother’s Middle School Schedule. He’s Having Such A Hard Time Remembering When Periods Start And End. Why Are The Times This Specific?
30. School Has A “Minimum Donation” For A Fundraiser
31. I Guess My Daughter’s School Administrator Is Trying To Reprimand Me?
32. I’m A Night Custodian At A High School. This Is What The First Day Of School Looks Like
33. Bathroom Passes. Each Circle Represents One Pass, We Get One Of These Papers Per Semester. To Get More, We Have To Arrange An Appointment With The Administration
34. There Was A Typo In The First Sentence Of My School’s Guide To Careful Writing
35. My Blind Child Came Home From School Today With This Homework
36. High School Bathrooms Are Really Wild
37. When The School Gives A Big Box To Hide The Size Of The Pizza
38. Bathroom “Stalls” At James Rumsey High School
39. This Milk At My School
40. “Gift” From The School My Girlfriend Works At For Teacher’s Appreciation Week
41. When You Get One Formula Wrong In Our Weekly Tests At My School, They Make You Write It Out 150 Times. I Have 4 More Of These To Do
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43. Just Got Handed This In The Middle Of Class. I’m In High School
44. The Shower Rooms In My School Dorms Have Mushrooms Growing In Them
45. My School Could Afford $6,000,000 Worth Of Renovations, But They Can’t Afford Toilet Paper That I Can’t See Through
46. My School’s Renovated Toilet
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48. High School Throwing Away Perfectly Good Books
Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome