A friend of mine, knowing I love nothing more than the intersection of weird TikTok and teacher TikTok, sent me perhaps the greatest attention-getter Iâve ever seen.
I thought Iâd seen them all. I was already obsessed with @nattiemeetsworldâs viral attention-getters that range from The Office to The Real Housewives of New Jersey (weâve rounded them up for you here).
Maybe itâs because it was Monday. Maybe itâs the brain fog from my allergy medicine. Either way, I didnât see it coming. And I almost spit out my cereal.
The TikTok starts with @carlyjdot standing at the front of a chatty classroom.
The preface that her students came up with the attention-getter is all I needed to know it would be weird and awesome.
Then, mid-attention-getter, it was this face that killed me:
I know this face. More on that in a second.
And to top it all off, it ends in silence. It doesnât matter how engaging or creative an attention-getter is if it doesnât work, and hers is flawless. 10/10. Watch it for yourself here:
A few comments stood out to me after I watched the TikTok (multiple times):
Couldnât agree more, Mikey.
That visual is everything.
I think thisâgetting to see a positive classroom communityâis part of why I loved this TikTok so much. And why I love this face so much:
Itâs the face of a teacher who loves her class so much that sheâs willing to choose engaging weirdness over faster (and probably easier) drudgery. Itâs a face that says, âHuh. I did not foresee leading a chicken nugget cult in my 10-year plan, but here I am. And I love it here.â