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<p>Remember show-and-tell? Probably not, because it was usually pretty boring. Oh, little Timmy brought in his baseball mitt again? Yawwwn.</p><p>But believe it or not, some people actually do have memorable show-and-tell experiences, and it&#39;s all because of kids bringing in completely inappropriate or just plain weird things.</p><p>A<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/p14z7j/teachers_whats_the_worst_thing_a_kid_brought_for/"> recent Reddit thread</a> asked, &quot;Teachers, what&rsquo;s the worst thing a kid brought for show and tell?&quot; Teachers and former students alike weighed in with tales of everything from scorpions to drug paraphernalia. Buckle up!</p><h2>1. Hope this mom had a nice day off of whatever she&#39;d been planning to do!</h2><blockquote> <p>Only been teaching one year but so far, moms only set of car keys. We did call mom immediately but unfortunately she was stuck at home all day until little one got home with the keys. - jennaamaee</p> </blockquote><h2>2. This wouldn&#39;t be fun to find out.</h2><blockquote> <p>My brother found a scorpion at our house and captured it to bring for show and tell. The scorpion got out somehow and the teacher had everyone on high alert to look for it and capture it. Several children returned to the teacher having &ldquo;found&rdquo; the scorpion. That was the day we found out our school was infested with scorpions&hellip; - Youaresoogoodlooking</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. Hey, it still could&#39;ve been lucky!</h2><blockquote> <p>The teacher across the hall from me had a student who brought what he thought was a lucky rabbit foot to show to the class and excitedly announced he had enough for everyone in the class. The rabbit foot was a tampon. - Saerica22</p> </blockquote><h2>4. Yeah, weapons are usually frowned upon in a school environment.</h2><blockquote> <p>I brought 2 knives. My dad is from a region in France where they make famous knives (Laguiole) and I owned two of them (one made of horn and one was bright orange). It didn&#39;t cross my mind it could be a problem, but they called my parents (who weren&#39;t mad at me) - lyscity</p> </blockquote><h2>5. He was just trying to help.</h2><blockquote> <p>In 5th grade, we were studying human anatomy. When we got to the eyes, a kid brought in a bag full of cow&rsquo;s eyes. His dad worked in a slaughterhouse. Teacher was horrified. - alvinathequeena</p> </blockquote><h2>6. This actually sounds like the best show-and-tell ever.</h2><blockquote> <p>My mom was a teacher. I didn&rsquo;t live with her, but I would occasionally go help her move stuff around, hang stuff up, clean. Just help with her room. Occasionally, I&rsquo;d bring a friend or two. (We were in high school)</p> <p>My sister (6), attended the school that our mother taught at. One day my mom called and asked if I&rsquo;d come by with the two friends that I usually brought. We showed up about 20 mins later. Without explaining, my mother sent us to my sisters class room. We knocked, walked in, and my sister yelled &ldquo;my show and tell is here! These are my brothers. They are funny.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I am so lucky to be friends with these two guys to this day. Without hesitation, they started an age appropriate 3 Stooges routine. One climbed on the the other&rsquo;s shoulders. They juggled school supplies. Pretended to trip each other. Made funny noises. I barely played a role. My sisters class was continuous roar of laughter. Even the teacher was crying. She asked us to stop/leave because she didn&rsquo;t want kids passing out from laughing. I&rsquo;ll never forget my sisters little face, looking so proud haha.</p> <p>Sorry for straying the prompt. But that&rsquo;s the only show and tell I can remember. - 1drose</p> </blockquote><h2>7. Okay, back to the weird and disgusting!</h2><blockquote> <p>in the third grade, a girl brought her mom&rsquo;s kidney stones in a pill bottle. - mrflyonthewall</p> </blockquote><h2>8. So close to being the most epic day ever.</h2><blockquote> <p>one of the the kids in my class brought a remote control helicopter to class and flew it around. It was super cool until he accidentally got the blades wrapped around a girls hair. I think the nurse spent an hour getting it out. - BJT207</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. Hope everyone got a tetanus shot afterward.</h2><blockquote> <p>Someone brought their pet bird-dead, in a box, that was going to be buried when they got home later that day. - Rolie_Polie_Olie77</p> </blockquote><h2>10. Ah, the simple pleasures in life.</h2><blockquote> <p>In my school some kid brought in his collection of &ldquo;laundry rocks&rdquo; which were crumpled up pieces of paper that he put in his pockets and when his mom did the laundry they would turn hard like rocks. He said he did it by accident once, liked it, and started deliberately putting crumpled paper in his pockets to make more. - Pro_Gamer_Queen81</p> </blockquote><h2>11. Well, he certainly showed and told.</h2><blockquote> <p>My wife is a teacher in a major US city. One of her grade 4 students brought in a packet of his mom&#39;s cocaine to show the class during drug awareness week. He got some visits from the principals and school counselor, maybe the.men in blue. - DiggingUpKnowledge</p> </blockquote><h2>12. But this could&#39;ve been such a great learning experience.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m not a teacher, but did bring a Black Widow spider once. I caught it in my backyard.</p> <p>My teacher kindly explained that it was NOT okay to bring venomous spiders to school, confiscated and released it. - XxVerdantFlamesxX</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. Who let the kid drive?!</h2><blockquote> <p>Went to School in a tiny town with n eastern Colorado. Kid in my class drove his dad&#39;s combine to school for show and tell. Was in the 4th grade. Still find it crazy that nobody really cared that there was this big ass piece of farm equipment sitting on the front lawn all day. - TortugaJones</p> </blockquote><h2>14. Sounds pretty metal.</h2><blockquote> <p>Not a teacher, but when I was in 3rd grade this dumb kid in my class decided to bring a live bat to class. The only problem he put the bat in a plastic bag in his bookbag and the bat died because it couldn&#39;t breath. Him removing it from the plastic bag dead I still remember almost 26 years later. - gloveofants</p> </blockquote><h2>15. Bet these kids never ate lamb again.</h2><blockquote> <p>A lamb&#39;s tail. Apparently they went to a farm which let visitors keep them as souvenirs (who knew that removing tails was a thing?)</p> <p>Turns out it was a mistake to postpone Show and Tell for a couple of days while, hidden in a locker, the tail marinated in the July heat. - charlie1701</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16. What a hilarious mix-up.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was in 6th grade I took a belly dancing bralette thing in that my brother sent me from his deployment. We were studying the Middle East and I had something from there, I thought it was cool! I remember my teacher gulping, eyes bulging, asking, &ldquo;just&hellip;. That? That&rsquo;s all they wear?&rdquo; And me saying, &ldquo;yeah, I guess so&rdquo;.</p> <p>Anyways it turns out he sent me his girlfriend&rsquo;s present and his girlfriend got my camel book. But I was very, very popular with the sixth grade boys for a little while. - Ok_Wait880</p> </blockquote><h2>17. Bet you weren&#39;t a legend with the person whose brain you took.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a relative who was a biology professor at the college and they let me take an actual human brain to show and tell. I was a legend after - Tyrant_Lizard_4240</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 teachers and former students reveal worst things kids brought in for show-and-tell

Remember show-and-tell? Probably not, because it was usually pretty boring. Oh, little Timmy brought in his baseball mitt again? Yawwwn.But believe it or not, some people actually do have memorable show-and-tell experiences, and it&#39;s all because of kids bringing in completely inappropriate or just plain weird things.A recent Reddit thread asked, &quot;Teachers, what&rsquo;s the worst thing a kid brought for show and tell?&quot; Teachers and former students alike weighed in with tales of everything from scorpions to drug paraphernalia. Buckle up!1. Hope this mom had a nice day off of whatever she&#39;d been planning to do! Only been teaching one year but so far, moms only set of car keys. We did call mom immediately but unfortunately she was stuck at home all day until little one got home with the keys. - jennaamaee 2. This wouldn&#39;t be fun to find out. My brother found a scorpion at our house and captured it to bring for show and tell. The scorpion got out somehow and the teacher had everyone on high alert to look for it and capture it. Several children returned to the teacher having &ldquo;found&rdquo; the scorpion. That was the day we found out our school was infested with scorpions&hellip; - Youaresoogoodlooking 3. Hey, it still could&#39;ve been lucky! The teacher across the hall from me had a student who brought what he thought was a lucky rabbit foot to show to the class and excitedly announced he had enough for everyone in the class. The rabbit foot was a tampon. - Saerica22 4. Yeah, weapons are usually frowned upon in a school environment. I brought 2 knives. My dad is from a region in France where they make famous knives (Laguiole) and I owned two of them (one made of horn and one was bright orange). It didn&#39;t cross my mind it could be a problem, but they called my parents (who weren&#39;t mad at me) - lyscity 5. He was just trying to help. In 5th grade, we were studying human anatomy. When we got to the eyes, a kid brought in a bag full of cow&rsquo;s eyes. His dad worked in a slaughterhouse. Teacher was horrified. - alvinathequeena 6. This actually sounds like the best show-and-tell ever. My mom was a teacher. I didn&rsquo;t live with her, but I would occasionally go help her move stuff around, hang stuff up, clean. Just help with her room. Occasionally, I&rsquo;d bring a friend or two. (We were in high school) My sister (6), attended the school that our mother taught at. One day my mom called and asked if I&rsquo;d come by with the two friends that I usually brought. We showed up about 20 mins later. Without explaining, my mother sent us to my sisters class room. We knocked, walked in, and my sister yelled &ldquo;my show and tell is here! These are my brothers. They are funny.&rdquo;   I am so lucky to be friends with these two guys to this day. Without hesitation, they started an age appropriate 3 Stooges routine. One climbed on the the other&rsquo;s shoulders. They juggled school supplies. Pretended to trip each other. Made funny noises. I barely played a role. My sisters class was continuous roar of laughter. Even the teacher was crying. She asked us to stop/leave because she didn&rsquo;t want kids passing out from laughing. I&rsquo;ll never forget my sisters little face, looking so proud haha. Sorry for straying the prompt. But that&rsquo;s the only show and tell I can remember. - 1drose 7. Okay, back to the weird and disgusting! in the third grade, a girl brought her mom&rsquo;s kidney stones in a pill bottle. - mrflyonthewall 8. So close to being the most epic day ever. one of the the kids in my class brought a remote control helicopter to class and flew it around. It was super cool until he accidentally got the blades wrapped around a girls hair. I think the nurse spent an hour getting it out. - BJT207 9. Hope everyone got a tetanus shot afterward. Someone brought their pet bird-dead, in a box, that was going to be buried when they got home later that day. - Rolie_Polie_Olie77 10. Ah, the simple pleasures in life. In my school some kid brought in his collection of &ldquo;laundry rocks&rdquo; which were crumpled up pieces of paper that he put in his pockets and when his mom did the laundry they would turn hard like rocks. He said he did it by accident once, liked it, and started deliberately putting crumpled paper in his pockets to make more. - Pro_Gamer_Queen81 11. Well, he certainly showed and told. My wife is a teacher in a major US city. One of her grade 4 students brought in a packet of his mom&#39;s cocaine to show the class during drug awareness week. He got some visits from the principals and school counselor, maybe the.men in blue. - DiggingUpKnowledge 12. But this could&#39;ve been such a great learning experience. I&#39;m not a teacher, but did bring a Black Widow spider once. I caught it in my backyard. My teacher kindly explained that it was NOT okay to bring venomous spiders to school, confiscated and released it. - XxVerdantFlamesxX 13. Who let the kid drive?! Went to School in a tiny town with n eastern Colorado. Kid in my class drove his dad&#39;s combine to school for show and tell. Was in the 4th grade. Still find it crazy that nobody really cared that there was this big ass piece of farm equipment sitting on the front lawn all day. - TortugaJones 14. Sounds pretty metal. Not a teacher, but when I was in 3rd grade this dumb kid in my class decided to bring a live bat to class. The only problem he put the bat in a plastic bag in his bookbag and the bat died because it couldn&#39;t breath. Him removing it from the plastic bag dead I still remember almost 26 years later. - gloveofants 15. Bet these kids never ate lamb again. A lamb&#39;s tail. Apparently they went to a farm which let visitors keep them as souvenirs (who knew that removing tails was a thing?) Turns out it was a mistake to postpone Show and Tell for a couple of days while, hidden in a locker, the tail marinated in the July heat. - charlie1701 16. What a hilarious mix-up. When I was in 6th grade I took a belly dancing bralette thing in that my brother sent me from his deployment. We were studying the Middle East and I had something from there, I thought it was cool! I remember my teacher gulping, eyes bulging, asking, &ldquo;just&hellip;. That? That&rsquo;s all they wear?&rdquo; And me saying, &ldquo;yeah, I guess so&rdquo;. Anyways it turns out he sent me his girlfriend&rsquo;s present and his girlfriend got my camel book. But I was very, very popular with the sixth grade boys for a little while. - Ok_Wait880 17. Bet you weren&#39;t a legend with the person whose brain you took. I had a relative who was a biology professor at the college and they let me take an actual human brain to show and tell. I was a legend after - Tyrant_Lizard_4240 

Remember show-and-tell? Probably not, because it was usually pretty boring. Oh, little Timmy brought in his baseball mitt again? Yawwwn.  But believe it or not, some people actually do have memorable show-and-tell experiences, and it&#39;s...

17 teachers and former students reveal worst things kids brought in for show-and-tell

1. Hope this mom had a nice day off of whatever she'd been planning to do!

2. This wouldn't be fun to find out.