Some are the kind you wouldn’t mind a telling off from while others make you want to hide behind the sofa – but they all make for top telly teachers.
Earlier this week, we revealed how wokes want to ditch the terms Mr and Mrs at school for the generic “teacher” in a bid to move to a “gender-free model”.
There was widespread outrage after an LGBT charity boss said teachers should get rid of gendered language during a webinar branded ‘propaganda for trans activists’.
But never mind the snowflakes – Daily Star pays tribute to the most memorable screen educators.
Phil Gilbert: The Inbetweeners
Bitter Mr Gilbert failed to hide his disdain for the job his career path had taken him on.
His grumpiness was obvious to everyone, particularly the four lead characters, whose teenage antics drove him up the wall.
Greg Davies, who was a teacher in real life before turning to stand-up and acting, based his portrayal on someone who would frighten the pupils. Top marks!
Walter White: Breaking Bad
Walter used his classroom chemistry skills to become one of the finest drug barons telly land has ever seen and Bryan Cranston played the iconic part brilliantly.
Not one did he stash his burner phone in class and steal from the supply cupboard he turned failing student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) into an A+ apprentice. Viewers also learned if you’re going to try to dissolve something in hydrofluoric acid, use a plastic container not a ceramic bath.
Rachel Mason: Waterloo Road
The longest-serving head at the school and played by Eva Pope, her warm and motherly way of doing things meant no child was expelled under her watch.
Miss Mason went above and beyond to help her pupils, making her well liked.
So much so she took up with the school’s head chef and healthy schools coordinator Adam Fleet (Steven Waddington) and the pair later wed.
Maurice Bronson: Grange Hill
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Mr Bronson was the most feared teacher of the 1980s.
As the wig-wearing deputy head and French teacher, his stern looks were scarier than any homework.
Pupils loved to rib his moustache – comparing him to Hitler – and were constantly on the wind up.
Aberdeen-born Michael Sheard, who died from cancer in 2005, played him with a perfectly straight face.
Alfie Wickers: Bad Education
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Even more immature than his pupils, history teacher Mr Wickers was often bullied by those who he was supposed to be looking after.
Holding a séance and re-enacting war battles in the classroom, his methods were not seen on many other lesson plans.
Created and co-written by Jack Whitehall, it was an early role for the comedian who’s now top of the class in Hollywood.
Mandy Carter: Ackley Bridge
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A headteacher who would definitely go above and beyond, Mrs Carter gave up her own time and personal life for her school – making her well liked by all.
Another class performance from the ever-good Jo Joyner saw her at the heart of the first three series before leaving in the fourth to head up a girl’s school in Nepal.
Simon Casey: Teachers
If neurotic English teacher Mr Casey spent fewer hours in the pub avoiding work he might have had less to worry about.
Distracted by his tumultuous love life, he spoke to his pupils like one of their older siblings asking them to do homework as a favour to make the rest of his life easier.
The role must have prepared actor Andrew Lincoln for battling monsters – he’s now best-known as zombie-fighting Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead.
Angie: Skins
In keeping with the edgy show’s ground-breaking format, psychology teacher Angie (no formal Miss or Ms for this one) was as wild as the kids.
She had a fling with infatuated pupil Chris after attending a school-age party, despite being engaged and the romance looked set to go the distance until her fiancé came back on the scene.
Siwan Morris’ character left Chris her flat as a parting gift.
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