Lesson Innovator Gifts

'If you finish your first year of teaching and haven't destroyed the innate curiosity of your young students, you are a successful teacher.'

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

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

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

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

'Home Schooling'

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

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

'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.'

Technologies and distance classes

"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."

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

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

'They say my tests are too hard. Maybe I should switch from Essay to Connect-the-Dot.'

Welcome to your new English Class.

"Ok, Griffin — let him see Mom’s roast!"

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

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

Education Plan

'I hate these cliche situations!'

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

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

'A restaurateur prepares macaroni and sells it as pasta. I want you to do the same for the educational program at your school.'

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

Thoughts on Education.

Looking inside the internal maze,

'I understand there have been complaints that his sermons weren't getting through to the teenagers.'

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

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