Education Champion Mugs

'No offense, Miss Myers, but this 'algebra' idea of yours is never going to catch on.!'

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

"There's some question as to how long we're going to be able to keep the lights on."

Links between home and school.

Girl does mathematical equation. Man says 'Tut! Teenagers today and their problems ...'

Kidnapped girls in Nigeria.

"We want you teachers to do a better job of protecting our kids during any future school shootings."

Start of the school year

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

'Let's go to our education reporter for more underreporting of school success stories.'

I'm over-educated and under-employed. That's why there's no MIDDLE class anymore.

'We'd like to form a support group for homework anxiety.'

“Today we are going to be learning percentages.”

"An educational toy is my immediate goal, but my long range plan is to get him on Jeapordy!"

Staff Yearbook

Chicken soup for the adjunct professors soul

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

'The school computers are six months old. How can I be expected to be competitive in the job market if I'm trained on obsolete equipment?'

"Could you please downgrade this to a C? High expectations bring out the worst in my parents."

'I got and 'E' in spelling.' - 'That is an 'F'.'

'Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Snoopy - do you have a stamp commemorating an educational leader?'

Another shot heard round the world.

What must every 5 paragraph essay contain? 5 paragraphs! For the last 18 years, some wise guy says that as if no one's heard it before. Congratulations. Who was this year's Mr. Predictable? You're wrong, Mr. K. A girl said it. Wow! Another triumph for women's equality in my classroom.

'If school is so important, why isn't it on television?'

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

'So feared her prince may turn back into a frog so she went to college and earned a degree in finance, just in case.'

"And what did my little darling do in school today?"

"It's childhood. Your child has childhood."

Studying and technology

'It may not be a great report card but it beat the street expectations.'

Gold versus Knowledge

'Oh Darling, I'm so proud! I wish I could give you a big hug!'

'Man! I wish I'd finished college.'

"I'd say hi to my favorite teacher, but I think she's enjoying some quiet remote-from-us learning."