Good teachers don’t just teach. They make their students feel safe, supported, and comfortable in the classroom. Sometimes, maybe a little too comfortable.

Keldric Holmes, an elementary school teacher in Georgia, has built a huge audience of nearly a million followers on social media by sharing the wildest things his kids say to him in his classroom. On the plus side, it shows that they’re comfortable enough to be themselves in front of him. On the downside, well, sometimes they tell him things they definitely shouldn’t.

Third grade teacher reveals family secrets his students blurt out

Multiple times per school year, Holmes posts videos about “things my [students] said to me this week.” In previous years, he taught second grade, but as of 2026, he’s teaching third. The young age of his students only adds to the hilarity and audacity of the things they say.

His videos routinely rack up millions of views.

Often, his students unintentionally roast him for being old (“Mind you, I’m 25,” he always reminds the viewer). Or they make unhinged use of slang (“I’m about to crash out in this junt,” from a second grader last year).

But a running theme in his videos is that the kids are constantly telling on their parents, airing all the family’s dirty laundry, or even telling tall tales or misunderstandings about what’s happening at........

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