Literacy Advocate Mugs

'Which way to the reading clinic?'

"Mum, you've put it on mute with sub-titles!"

"It's a note from my teacher. I would have already read it, but it's in cursive."

'Literacy is NOT overrated!'

Guy holding sign: Will work for reading lessons.

"Gerald has had this brilliant idea - he's writing a book on how to read."

"I give up. Where's the power button?"

"And that's the day we said goodbye to the No Child Left Behind legislation and were free to teach again."

Books and TVs

"You and your literacy programs! -- Now everybody's signing PETITIONS!"

'You should read 'Dick and Jane'. It's an important book.'

It is a marathon not a spring! Day two of the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

Guy holding sign: Will work for reading lessons.

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

'They have to dumb-down everything these days.'

'What does it say, Dad?'

Car's bumper sticker reads: 'My other car is a bookmobile.'

'Sorry, Rudolph, but I believe man's best friend is a dog-eared book.'

A library user is directed to the nearest bookshop.

"All right, Sam, but by grade three, they should definitely be able to read."

'...the honest politician, see the ten year old who can read and write and much, much, more. Roll up, folks...'

Hate Platforms

"Can I borrow the car keys?"

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

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

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

'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?'

"The moral of the story, honey, is that being a celebrity does not make you a credible children’s book author."

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

About the curriculum. The contemporary novel from Austen to Dickens...

Staff Yearbook

“Today we are going to be learning percentages.”

"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."

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

Chicken soup for the adjunct professors soul