Classroom Curious Gifts

"I noticed he had punched air holes in his desk. Now I'm afraid to open it."

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

'Good girl, Carol - now hands up all those who have lost their pens.'

'I started out as a teacher's pet, and then it kind of snowballed.'

'Thank you for the apple Conrad. But in answer to your question, no, you may not address me as 'Boopsie'.'

"Today in class we're going to create a physics teacher."

"Things happen so fast. What's news when class starts is history when it ends."

'I guess what happens in Kindergarten, doesn't stay in Kindergarten.'

"Please, Ms. Sweeney, may I ask where you're going with all this?"

"How was first grade? I don't know yet. I spent all day in the Principal's office."

Global Education

No Miss, I wasn't day dreaming. I was planning my summer vacation!

"I beg to differ, Miss. My answer is correct. It's your question that's wrong."

"Fear not, Miss Hathaway. Just go home and listen to a cd of howling wolves or screeching monkeys and by Monday you'll be ready for your 3rd grade class."

Beginning of the school year

"Who has the most power... the president or his wife?"

Back to School

"No, you don't get incentive pay for Billy Vincent."

'You always go that extra mile, don't you Molly.'

"The kindergarteners have breached their classroom confines, and are headed this way. We'll be overrun within minutes. What should we do?"

School boy

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

"People...do you FINALLY understand the concept of 'Visual Narrative?'"

'What about you, Billy? Did some deranged animal burst in during recess and devour your homework too?'

'The trouble with history is that there's really no future in it.'

Announcement over school PA: 'We're going to begin this week with an all-school search for Mr. Ridley - last Friday's substitute teacher.'

"I realize Kyle was looking at your answers, but that doesn't mean you can sue him for theft of intellectual property."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'It was neat! - they have flat-screen blackboards!'

'A sinkhole ate my homework...?'

History repeats itself. Which may explain why it's so boring.

'I look forward to my first year as a teacher. I wrote lesson plans, attended in-service workshops, and decorated my classroom. Preparation is half the victory. It's the other half that scares me.'

"On the plus side, he's a disruptor."

'You can't just get up and leave without permission.'

"I didn't bring an apple, so how about a fruit roll up?"