Discipline Doyenne Gifts

'Parents have been complaining that I'm too strict? You want me to be a little less intimidating? Do you want me to send students to your office 47 times a day? I'm a 67-year-old woman dealing with 16-year-old thugs....

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

"There was no other choice, Mom. It was a double dog dare."

'That large, rolled up newspaper is a reminder - mess up in this office and you'll pay the price.'

Man practising karate is tempted by a glass of beer.

Grounded

'Don't be so dramatic and get into my office!'

It's about self-control. "'No Thyself".

KAWAII T'AI CHI

'Coulda, woulda, and definitely shoulda.'

'We're the parents. What we say goes. . . In one ear and out the other.'

"It seemed like a long timeout."

'But, Mom, being good just doesn't work for me.'

'What a bunch of control freaks!'

'Should-do and shouldn't-do sound a lot alike.'

They soon changed their name..

'I never believed in spanking children - until today!'

'What a control freak!'

Proud mother and new maid

I will not waste chalk kid...

'First she called my mother, and then she called Santa.'

"Extreme? Maybe. But I have the best behaved school in the district."

"Well, my daddy always says it's not a lie unless the Grand Jury says it's a lie."

"Darren Eggleston. I saw that!"

"No, he's not grounded anymore. He used his allowance and lawyered up."

"Don't make me resort to alternative questioning techniques."

'Dad's old school teacher was really strict. He still has to go back every night, to finish his detention!'

'My school has a very strict detention policy.'

"And if you look to the right you'll see what happens if you disrupt my class."

"I can never remember whether children are to be seen and not heard or the other way around."

"I try to get a head start on them."

'You know, sometimes I find it pretty hard to imagine these will be the ‘good old days.''

'Teachers' Dreams.''Did you just say F***? Care to repeat it so everyone can hear you or is even a four letter word beyond your abilities? ... And the state expects me to make you multisyllabic.'

Funny how moms know when you're going to do something naughty at the exact time you're doing it.

'No breakfast until you're finished making your bed, Joey.'