38 Funny Things Teachers Call Their Students

What do you call your students? In an effort to be more inclusive than “boys and girls” or “ladies and gentlemen,” many teachers have moved onto terms like “scholars,” “mathematicians,” and “first graders.” We’ve gathered more expert advice on this topic here. But we couldn’t resist sharing some of the sweet, funny terms of endearment from Reddit teachers in this recent thread. Would you use any of them?

(You know your students and school best, of course, and some of these might work in a kindergarten classroom but come across the wrong way in a room full of high schoolers, or vice versa. Use the fine judgment we know you have as a shaper of young minds. 😉)

1. Sweet angel babies
2. Trash pandas
3. Fam
4. Y’all
5. Nerds
6. Beauty queens
7. Darling dears
8. Majestic moonbeams
9. My rays of sunshine
10. Muppets
11. My dudes
12. Children of the corn
13. Sweet little blueberries
14. Spicy tacos
15. Peanut butter cups
16. Turkey tornados
17. Young’uns
18. Goofballs
19. Gang
20. Folks
21. Chickadees
22. Hobbits
23. Possums
24. Hobgoblins
25. Monsters
26. Minions
27. Sugarplums
28. Poppets
29. My loves
30. My evil henchmen
31. Party people
32. Troublemakers
33. Jellybeans
34. Chickens
35. Squirrels
36. Besties
37. Pumpkins
38. Mates

What do you call your students? Did we miss your any of your favorite terms of endearment? Please share in the comments.

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