Imagine you turn on your television and spot Melissa Gorga, one of your former fourth-grade educators, on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Well, that rare experience recently happened to one of Melissa’s former students. And when this student posted her receipts, Melissa quickly chimed in, loving everything about this random blast from both of their pasts.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star was a teacher’s aide
Melissa holds a B.A. in elementary education from New Jersey City University. As any teacher can attest, this degree requires extensive internships in neighboring classrooms. During these brief stints, many prospective teachers (understandably) realize that this field is just not for them. Now, whether or not this was the case for Melissa, we have no clue.
However, Melissa is now (sing it with me) on display, on display, on display as a business owner and Bravo star instead. So, something happened there. Regardless, TikTok user @darrahdelaney used to live in New Jersey. And during that time, Melissa served as her fourth-grade teacher’s aide, as Darrah just revealed online.
While looking through her childhood photographs, her friends quickly noticed Melissa in one of her old class pictures. “I don’t watch the show,” Darrah confessed. But her friends do. “That’s literally her,” one of these friends suggested, and sure enough, when Darrah zoomed into this image, there Mel stood, standing directly behind Darrah.
Laughing, Darrah admitted, “I had no idea.” Nevertheless, that age-old rule, once a teacher, always a teacher, rang true when Melissa chimed in via the comments. “Oh my goodness,” Melissa exclaimed, followed by two heart emojis. “Love this! Thank you for sharing this,” she added.
But then, another user replied, “Melissa! You were ‘vindicated’ by TikTok 15 years later. Tag Kim D!” ‘Oop.
Real Housewives of New Jersey is streaming on Peacock.
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