School Manager Gifts

"As a principal, teachers will send unruly students to your office and you will send unruly teachers to my office."

Ethics exam cheater.

"I will not lick the principal, I will not lick the principal, I will not lick the principal, I will not lick the principal, I will not lick the principal."

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

I will study my speling words...

'From six to to eighteen, they're always at that age.'

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

'I had no idea aspirin came in such a large bottle.'

'Simpson! Stop causing low-level disruption in class now!'

POP goes the weasel, Collin, not ka-boom splat.

'It's a tough call but I'm going to side with your parents, if for no other reason, because they can sue and you can't.'

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

'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?'

"Is there any way I could get a dashboard instead of a report card?"

"Isn't there an app for this?"

"I didn't say my dog ate my homework. I said Russian bots ate my homework."

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

Yummy Mummies

'WE use these computers to gather and organise data for our school district and, on a slow day, to play solitaire.'

'One more curse out of you, young man, and it's right down to the principal's office.'

'I'll give your note to my parents but our family policy is to never negotiate with terrorists.'

"Getting into a fight is one thing, but did you have to get into a class-clearing brawl?"

'The reason the core curriculum seems so ambiguous is that we dot really have a core curriculum.'

'We finished all the repairs in the cafeteria kitchen this morning, but the food still tastes lousy.'

'I have answers to the kind of questions no one likes to ask.'

"I was saying a silent prayer, but I must have dozed off and talked in my sleep."

"Have your parents sign this waiver concerning violations of personal space. . . then you guys can play tag."

The Re-Opening of Schools

"Coronavirus, masks requirements, falling test scores, student violence - we need to be able to pray in school!"

"A simple note from your mother would have sufficed, Tommy."

'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.'

"Get up at 7; leave for school by 8; no video games until after homework is done -- how about some regulatory relief?"

'School was really exciting today -- they busted up a meth lab in chemistry class.'

"I believe that's a Montessori school."

'146 days of leadership without any negative press.'