Teacher asks students to fill out a questionnaire on the substitute teacher's class. They went all out.

Typically, teachers leave assignments for students when they can't be in class, but it's rare to see them distribute a questionnaire to gauge how the day is going. One teacher, who goes by @fairyniceofyou on TikTok, shared a video revealing her students' feedback, providing her with some revealing insights. In the video, she remarks, "I'm going to read their responses because they had me laughing." One student's feedback was, "The sub is very snippy and rude and takes her job way too seriously. I miss you." Another commented, "I walked in on time and she said I was late when the second bell never rang yet. I respectfully told her 'no' because it was true and she called me rude. Overall my day is going pretty good."

The student went on to add, "The class is on good behavior but the sub was just a little cranky." One more student complained about the sub. "She left the door unlocked and people from other classes looking for you walked in and walked right out after they saw the sub." According to a different student's response, the discipline administrator called Miss Blank and “started telling people to go take off their shoes if they had Crocs on,” further writing, “It was so stupid lol.”

Mandie explained that out of the 250 kids, only 26 of them submitted their responses. "But what I learned is that this method gives quiet students a way to communicate," she says in the video. "Almost all the responses that I got are from students that never talk in class," she added.

Going viral quickly, the video generated more than 2.2 million views and is captioned, "Sharing the 9th grade with you all." People appreciated the teacher for the relationship she built with the children. @sfj07118 commented, "You can tell the safe relationship you have built with these learners for them to respond so freely without judgment." @shoemafia_kels commented, "The teacher that rolls around on that knee thing came in .. I don't know what for" took me out." @tojislovebot commented, "This is great because I always had subs who were so weird and then told our teacher that we were behaving poorly, and then we would get in trouble!!" @brittany.michele commented, "I love this so much. I wish my teachers did this when I was in school. I hope my kid's teachers do this."

People were also impressed with the teacher's incredible idea to use Google Forms with quieter students. @regananddanielle commented, "As a quiet student, can confirm I would indeed be the one to fill out the survey." @just_mckinley commented, "Yup, as a kid that didn’t really talk in class I 100% would’ve filled this out." @jacobrogotzke commented, "Thank you for doing this. Sincerely, one of the quiet kids." @bailey.shayne commented, "My professor use to do these every Friday as the warm-up and it really helped easily communicate w him without having to do it during class time."

This article was originally published on March 2, 2023. It has since been updated.