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> Connotations vary, but in some cases "teacher's pet" is
> akin to and only slightly less awful than "brown-noser"

IME, there is also the literal "teacher's pet".  It must sit at the foot
of the teacher's desk disqualified from learninany and behave as bored
as an old dog for days and weeks in front of the class for very, very bad
behavior.