Did you ever wonder what teachers talk about in the teachers' lounge? It's the funny, outrageous things their students say and sometimes their parents too. Mary Crabapple is breaking the cone of silence. These funny quips are based on real classroom conversations and also the "thought bubbles" of what teachers wish they could say out loud from time to time. Compiled by a twenty-plus-year veteran of the New York City Public School system who chooses to remain anonymous to protect the guilty, they fall in the category of "you can't make this sh*t up."

This is the perfect gift for every teacher in your life, with love and appreciation for all they do every day to do their best to impart a little knowledge into the heads of the social media generation who expect them to be as entertaining as a TikTok influencer.