Classroom Champions Mugs

Student to other about ragged book: 'Some of these textbooks have really been through the grind.'

"Baldo, no normal kid is excited about summer ending."

"Let's check the attendance for a third time just to be sure."

"If a third grader knows the answer, how much of a problem can it really be?"

"It's no my fault I got a D. The system is broken."

'Your classroom management techniques work in practice but not in theory. That worries me.'

'I'd like to challenge the test.'

Children's education

"Being the smartest girl in third grade is going to Melinda's head."

"I figure I have about 20 years of school to go."

'This handheld computer is very useful for teaching. It displays my lesson plan, calander, key files, and an extensive menu of put-downs for hecklers and classroom clowns.'

"If something that doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, then I should be Atlas!"

'While outsourcing is a common business practice, you may not ousource your research and homework assignments, Fletcher.'

"I passed the three R's. Now I need some R and R!"

Teacher getting the childrens attention by pretending to be on television.

"'How to Buy Tickets on Bezos' Spaceship so You Can Live to See Your Teens,' by Chloe Butler."

'I'm having a hard time balancing homework and family time.'

"She's a high grade teacher."

Too much homework: kid with two backpacks.

Luck is when good classroom management skills meets a day when distruptice students are absent.

"Of course, that's only a first draft."

I'm in the den mom, reading the newspaper for social studies class.

Help. High performing teacher trapped in low performing pay scale.

“Honestly class, where are your minds?!”

Lessons.

'Ok, class, let's take attendance. Joey?'

"That Melinda Alvarez thinks she's so smart! Well, I've been studying, and I'm gonna teach her a lesson on the test we have today!"

"While your lesson plans were perfect, and your bulletin boards were terrific...your classroom management skills need work!"

"I need you to line up by attention span."

"I circulate around the classroom to make sure the class runs smoothly. I need a pair of comfortable walking shoes."

"Thanks for your report on flamingos Johnny."

'If you don't do your homework, you'll be a child left behind.'

'Right lad, now it's my turn for free expression . . . (I wish!)'

"Blood sweat and tears. I think it's supposed to make us feel guilty."

"I knew there'd be pitfalls when I became a teacher, but thirty to a classroom is too many."