“Teachers always say follow your dreams. But when I fall asleep in class, they get mad at me for taking their advice” is a jocular line that was posted on Twitter by “brian with an i” on June 1, 2013. “Teachers tell us to follow our dreams but then yell at us when we fall asleep in class?” was posted on Twitter by Brook McMillan on June 19, 2014.
“The ironic thing about teachers is that they tell us to follow our dreams…but will get mad when we fall asleep in their class” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on August 9, 2018.
Twitter
brian with an i
@BrianZeBrain
Teachers always say follow your dreams. But when I fall asleep in class, they get mad at me for taking their advice.
11:46 AM - 1 Jun 2013
Twitter
Brook McMillan
@brookie1499
Teachers tell us to follow our dreams but then yell at us when we fall asleep in class? >:[
10:04 PM - 19 Jun 2014
Twitter
Vana 🦋
@Vana2017
Why do tell teachers tell you to follow your dreams but won’t let you fall asleep in class?.
12:37 PM - 20 Jul 2015
Twitter
Let’sTalk
@TalkStupidly
#IHateWhen teachers tell us to follow our dreams but we’re not allowed to fall asleep during class
5:16 PM - 5 Aug 2015
Twitter
aLiSiA
@alisiawadsworth
“Think about this… Teachers always tell you to “follow your dream” but when you try to fall asleep in class they get mad” -7 yr old cousin
8:48 PM - 20 Oct 2015 from Des Moines, IA
Twitter
🇨🇲 🌀jinjuriki 🌀 🇨🇲
@GorbyD94
How can my lecturer say follow my dreams and get angry when I fall asleep in class 😪
1:59 PM - 14 Apr 2016
Reddit—Jokes
The ironic thing about teachers is that they tell us to follow our dreams…
submitted August 9, 2018 by CalOnDaMic
but will get mad when we fall asleep in their class.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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