Educational Trailblazer Gifts

'Actually this is a very experimental college. We have no curriculum and no classes. How it works, essentially, is if you want to learn something, you go someplace and you learn it.'

'We've been struggling to keep up with our rapidly growing enrollment.'

'I'm not too sure about Mr Chips' latest effort to make his lessons more interesting.'

"He's given up finding any more savings from the schools budget. . ."

Coronavirus Impact on Children

Mr. Defner's drive-in algebra class was retro cool, controversial and somewhat effective.

Technologies and distance classes

'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.'

"I hate negative numbers, and I'll stop at nothing to avoid them."

"I believe that's a Montessori school."

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

'They're relics of the many ancient civilization that have dwelled at Blisshaven.'

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

'Child labor laws don't apply to homework, Jimmy.'

Start of school year in Cuba 1

"I'm doing all I can to make the little things count."

I don't get the 5 paragraph essay. Do and outline. Topic. 3 examples. Conclusion. Ok. " 5 Graf Essay Stinks." Click click click. "2 long." Tap tap tap. "2 boring." "2 over." "#5grafmustdie." Thanks, Nana. It's a breakthrough! The 5-paragraph tweet!

New Curriculum Timetable - All in Cantonese.

I channeled John Dewey. He says if you want to be a good teacher, don't teach reading and writing. Teach students.

'I will now read the results of my experiments in fruit genetics. . .'

'Let's put it this way, your Billy is the only kid in class without his own website,,,'

Horace Mann

'Today in school we learned how to blame everything on the United States!'

Education Plan

Start up

'You're being evacuated to a better catchment area.'

Student to Miss Belcastro, her history teacher: 'We need some newer history.'

'A...B...C...D...E...' - Graffiti on classroom wall.

Looking inside the internal maze,

'When I was your age, an 'A' did not stand for 'adequate'.'

"We want him to skip joined-up writing and get straight on to 3D printing."

'In which on-line university will you enroll?'

Lockdown

"I asked the parents to get involved more and now they're home-schooling."

"I wish school was more like TV."