When you were a kid, you probably passed notes with your friends during class at school. Before text messaging was around, there was something so sneaky—yet so cool—about passing notes.

However, imagine you were caught and your teacher read the note out loud to the class? A phenomenon that makes you hold your breath in movies, this does happen in real life too. Chances are you wrote something pretty personal in that note—whether you’re telling your friend about your crush or how you cheated on your homework—aka things that you don’t want your teacher and whole class knowing about.

In a recent Reddit thread, teachers were asked what the best note they ever confiscated was that they read aloud to the class. Turns out not many teachers responded, but a host of students remember the time they were caught, and how embarrassed they felt. We’re cringing for them—but also can’t stop laughing!

Here are the top “read your note out loud to the class” stories:

1. Health class learnings

   “In health class, we were talking about boners and how they fill up with blood. My cousin took a piece of paper and wrote, “Your penis is filled with blood,” and threw it at some popular kid. The teacher picked it up and you can see him die inside because of the immaturity of 8th graders and how he has to teach them for a career.”

2. A clever new book title

   “In 8th grade, the teacher took the note and made me read it. I didn’t even think to make something up. So I blurted out what was on it: ‘We beat the meats: The story of three male prostitutes who made it the hard way,’ parody of ‘We beat the streets.’ Thought I was so clever.”

3. An ode to David Bowie

   “Me and a friend in high school used to pass notes back and forth writing song lyrics as we went. This day we were doing the lyrics to David Bowie’s ‘Labyrinth Magic Song’ and I had to stand up and read it. The teacher got even angrier because she didn’t believe that was on the note so she stormed up and snatched the note from my hand. When she realized the note indeed did remind her of the babe she cracked up laughing before asking us to stop.”

4. A sexy dream

   “I once passed a note in Algebra class telling a friend about a hot dream I had about another kid in the class. Teacher took the note and read it out loud. The guy and I were mortified and the class then started discussing it. We had another class together immediately following that one. I’ll always remember that teacher as a monster and I never stopped passing notes.”

5. Feminine issues

   “In high school, a girl in class passed a note to another girl, asking if she had a pad or tampon. Teacher completely blew up, started yelling at them, and asked them to read it out loud. They did, and the teacher, who was an older man, immediately calmed down and let it go. I think he was more embarrassed than the girls.”

6. Just wanted to help

   “My sister got caught passing a note and was forced to read it in front of the class. The note read, “(Teacher)’s fly is down, how do I tell her?”

7. Glue stick defeat

   “Back in middle school, someone decided to throw a glue stick at the ceiling to make it stick. Once he managed to do it, he proceeded to pass a note saying, “there is a glue stick on the ceiling.” As the note progressed through the classroom everyone who had read it was anticipating the ‘looks up’ reaction from the next reader. Teacher intercepts the note when only a few students are missing to read it and proceeds to look up and make one of the most defeated sighs I’ve ever heard.”

8. A fake love confession

   “I’d gotten into some beef with one of the really cool girls who was also sort of my friend, so I slipped her a note in science to apologize, tell her I didn’t mean to offend her, that sort of thing. Teacher grabbed it, and started to read it. After the first sentence, he started making sh*t up. I was in middle school and he started saying that I’d written, ‘Isn’t Billy sooooooooooooooooo cute? I think he’s the best. I hope he likes me. Do you think he likes me? I love his eyes,’ and on and on. Billy was the most popular and attractive guy in school at the time. Completely ruined my social standing.”

9. A very truthful statement

   “Passed a note to my friend in front of a very predictable, angry, teacher that read, ‘I bet Mrs. Grimer reads this out loud.’

Eek! What do you think of these embarrassing stories? Do you have any stories of your own to share? You can check out more “read the note out loud to the class” stories here!