An English teacher in Los Angeles has gone viral after sharing memes on social media. But these memes come with a twist – they were made by her students, about her, specifically to roast her to within an inch of her life.
They’re really quite gentle, as meme-roasts go, and the students even occasionally make fun of themselves, whether it’s for not paying attention in class or not knowing what the hell they’re doing. As a former teen, I find these themes incredibly relatable, and in this essay I will…
But seriously, the memes are good, and make me wish my high school teachers were more pro-meme. Although memes when I was in high school were more along the lines of those stupid faces (like ‘Y U DO DIS’ guy) and LOLcats, but still.
I give students the option to submit memes about the school year or our class and we look at them on the last day of class. They usually take this opportunity to roast me, which I don’t mind ? They really outdid themselves this year ?? so here’s a thread of our memes! pic.twitter.com/NF5GHSnpOu
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
??? pic.twitter.com/B6T8BLccZP
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
Lol! pic.twitter.com/0KdLFFzauv
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
Context for one of these: I can only see out of one eye and students love roasting me for it ? pic.twitter.com/kFiifwLwiF
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
This will be my last tweet of this thread but they submitted SO MANY. And they are so funny and creative ???? pic.twitter.com/Pu4KhFMvOD
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
Ms. Murphy has the right idea, though – memes will absolutely get kids more excited about participating in class, I think. And any time spent making memes is time not spent writing essays, so I’m sure it’s a beloved activity.
Just kidding, I couldn’t resist. Here are more ? and shout out to everyone who got me something off my Amazon Wishlist! ?? (the 1 eye roast on this one killed me lolll) pic.twitter.com/uY0wrEbbQw
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
Okay this really is the last one! pic.twitter.com/AeDttlnjhD
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) May 31, 2019
Because of popular demand, I will continue this thread! Especially because there are so many to share ? Feel free to use any of these as models for your students if you want to do this in your class! pic.twitter.com/UhzXzehzGn
— Angelina Murphy (@magicalmsmurphy) June 1, 2019
I look forward to this catching on in classrooms around the world, until English classes are nothing but meme-analysis classes. Bring on the future!