If You're A Teacher, What Is The Wildest Thing A Kid Has Done That Made You Realize You're Getting Older?

Recently, I saw a teacher on TikTok share that instead of accidentally calling her "mom", students these days accidentally call her "Alexa" (as in the smart home speaker), and this information immediately gave me several new gray hairs.

It also made me wonder what else is different about teaching kids these days. So if you're a teacher, I'd love to hear from you about the things your students say or do that make you feel older than the hills.

Maybe you complimented a student on their Nirvana t-shirt and they didn't even know that Nirvana was a band. They thought it was a clothing brand from Urban Outfitters.

Or perhaps a student referred to the year of your birth as being "way back in the 1900s" and it made you feel like your bones were turning to dust.

Or maybe you're struggling to stay up-to-date with the slang kids use now. You tried to use "bussin'" in a lesson, and the way they laughed at you now haunts your nightmares.

Tell us how your students have made you feel old in the comments below or via this anonymous form and you could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post.