Mathematics seems to be like a nightmare to most of the students. Many social media users keep sharing their school experiences on various platforms, about how they managed to overcome the difficulty posed by the subject.

It is rare that a mathematics teacher is loved by students during their school lives. But this story is about a unique post on social media, which confused a mathematics teacher and later left her in tears.

The Class 8 maths teacher found out that her students call her “goat”. She expressed concern on Reddit, and sought help too from users to decipher the “joke”.

The woman was left pleasantly surprised after learning that the acronym is not demeaning, but means “Greatest Of All Time.”

The post was shared on the social media platform Reddit and she made an edit to the post after knowing the exact meaning and said, “Omg I am IN TEARS!!! I can’t believe they were complimenting me this whole time! – ndtv.com