School Life Detective Gifts

"I'm doing just fine ??" as long as no one decides to do a background check."

"Should we put down what we think is right, or what we think you think is right?"

"The principal has sat in on so many of my classes, I'm thinking of giving him the exam."

"Where am I going to college? I thought this was college."

'I need affordable daycare now!'

'If your cell phone has five hundred minutes, and you use one of them during this class, how long will you be in detention?'

The new boy was teased for being different.

'You can't keep a middle school girl from wanting to impress boys, Valerie.'

'I read all the parenting books, but you always manage to stay one step ahead of me!'

"Please, Ms. Sweeney, may I ask where you're going with all this?"

"I'm sure your students understand it was your first day, Tom... besides, seeing a man cry doesn't have the stigma it once did!"

"First buttons, then zippers, now we learn to tie our shoes. Is mom trying to tell us something?"

'Daddy, why is that man wearing a blank T-shirt?'

'He can call whoever he wants, she's still not parking that thing in my classroom!'

We're waiting to see if he'll see his shadow.

Kid to mom: 'How come I ask so many questions?'

'Please be quiet while the attempts to locate your head.'

"I tried talking to the principal about what I’d be teaching next semester, but he kept changing the subject."

"It's the whole kindergarten thing, Mom. I'm alone in there, swimming with the sharks."

"My problem is, I can't tell the rules from the guidelines."

The meaning of life...

"Ms. Sims and I have known each other for quite some time, but it turns out we aren't on a first-name basis."

'Don't worry about the boy who bullied your son...I've sorted him.'

"I can't believe Tia Carmen is working in our cafeteria! This bites! How can she do this to me?"

School photos.

"I've found Waldo. Now what?"

'I don't get it - How can answers on a MATH TEST be politically incorrect?'

"I realize Kyle was looking at your answers, but that doesn't mean you can sue him for theft of intellectual property."

A School Girl and Teacher.

Though it WAS possible that Wade's dog had eaten his homework, Mrs. Vorkley tested the remnants for traces of dog saliva.

Class Rules

"I think this is the last year he'll believe in Father Christmas, he's asking a lot of questions"

"It drives me crazy when people whine about discrepancies in school funding..."

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

"Shhh. I think I heard my name."