Classroom Revolutionary Gifts

"Why do we have to learn all this stuff, when we can just google it?"

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

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

"I had a fear of speaking in front of people, which is why I shadow puppet and sing the lessons."

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

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

'I'd like to challenge the test.'

Computer Class.

'I wrote a software program and sold it for two million dollars.'

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

'My class is so large and my seat so far back, I feel like I'm taking a distance-learning course.'

'Life isn't fair and neither is Miss Brown!'

Welcome to your new English Class.

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

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

'Please pay attention. Pretend I'm a movie on your phone.'

"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!"

'Since you're a teacher, we picked this one from the Tree of Knowledge.'

Global Education

“Honestly class, where are your minds?!”

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

Thoughts on Education.

Sweet Girl Graduates

Beginning of the school year

'Don't you hate undergoing peer review in these high school chemistry labs?'

'To maximize student achievement, the Feng Shui consultant advises one student per classroom.'

'How did you get so many kids to sign up for your geology class?'

It could be worse -- there could be 35 teachers for every student

Back to School

'Sorry professor, my mind was some other place.'

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

"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."

'I give all my new teachers the same advice. Never minimize the transformative power of a smile attached to your words.'

"Mrs. Martin is here. She's the new substitute teacher."

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