School Principal Acquaintance Gifts

"If they add one more mandatory standardized test... we'll have to lengthen the school year!"

"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."

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

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

"Yeah, I got into trouble, but I think the principal really enjoyed my rendition of 'I Did It My Way.'"

Smith Academy. A Tradition of Excellense.

"I guess it took a pandemic to make me realize school is better than trying to learn stuff online."

'Right, who threw that?' (giant pupil in class).

"This statement from your headmaster says that you can easily get a good degree...your bank manager says you can't."

'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.'

'This test doesn't understand me.'

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

"He said he doesn't want to see me in his office again..."

'As I walk through the halls, I see teachers teaching and students learning and I say to myself, 'what wonderful school, what a wonderful world.''

"Do you think that will count as our 'Fifteen minutes of fame'?"

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

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

'Before we start, I'd like legal representation.'

'We'd like to form a support group for homework anxiety.'

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

'If history keeps repeating itself, why do I have to repeat this class?'

'Let's put it this way Tommy, if we could go below F minus you would be forging new territory!'

"I hope you're not going to let this I.P.O. affect your grades."

"I swear, Mr. Drumpf, I meant it in the best sense of the word." "Mr. Drumpf is a moron."

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

'146 days of leadership without any negative press.'

'Ms. Blumter, please get me a copy of Educational Leadership for Dummies.'

'Al, this is Jack. He's with the Committee to Eliminate the Board of Education. Jack, this is Al. He's with the Committee to Increase Funding for the Board of Education.'

"I DO have a note from my doctor...but nobody can read it!"

"We've created a safe, nonjudgmental environment that will leave you child ill-prepared for real life."

'Long term I want student achievement to increase. Short time I want a cup of coffee and a biscotti.'

Through These Hallowed Halls, walks Our Future - "Talk about putting pressure on a guy!"

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