The hashtag #TeachersofTikTok was started by the verified @tiktokorgood account, in which TikTok creates and challenges users to share their own stories using hashtags meant to be encouraging or positive.
After many parents were forced to homeschool or participate in virtual schooling in 2020, parents and students alike had a new appreciation for educators. With 9.5 billion views, the hashtag had its big surge in late 2020, and students shared stories of gratitude for the teachers who helped them overcome learning disabilities, bullying, and other obstacles. Teachers themselves got in on the action, uploading hilarious videos of themselves at home enjoying quarantine student-free or poking fun at their teaching methods. Many shared teaching hacks to help parents, proving they are truly heroes.
Of course, social media always breeds trolls, so some used the hashtag to share their worst teacher stories, highlighting teachers they didn't appreciate or who had traumatized them, too. When all was said and done, #TeachersofTikTok carried into 2021 as the social media app's most popular hashtag, and new videos continue to be uploaded every day.
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