Schoolyard Romantic Pillows

"I think Wendy likes me... she chose me first for her cooperative learning group!"

Harry Potter learns some 'new tricks' on his first day enrolled in a public school.

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

"Recess does things to a man."

"She said that girls mature faster than boys, so I pulled her hair."

The Charge of the Kids

“Hands, Rachel. Clap your hands. Why on earth would I say, ‘If you’re happy and you know it, slap Sam’?”

"This is my last day. My parents found a more expensive school on the East Side."

I miss recess!

"I'm tardy? Whew! I was afraid I was going to be late for school!"

A Grade Two student explains why he is so eager to get back to school.

'I think Benjamin like me. He linked my homepage to his homepage.'

'There is a kid at school who can play 'Jingle Bells' with his farts. That is impressive because flatulence is a difficult medium.'

"How was first grade? I don't know yet. I spent all day in the Principal's office."

'Billy takes his jungle gym seriously!'

"Hi Ginny, that's a nice new haircut you've got there. Are you trying to be cuter than me?"

'Quick! Get me the dispute resolution mediator!'

"At last...after so many missed days...so many cruel days apart...we are together once again!"

'You realize, don't you, that you are playing fast and loose with my self esteem?'

Shadow

'I would appreciate it if you don't call out in class.'

"Listen kid, you may have been a big man on playground."

"What a day. I played tag, a yucky girl kissed me, and I got the school's computers back online."

The Children's Crusade - 'You give the boys cooties, we'll give the girls cooties - we're back in a week.'

'What do you like about her?'

'These are the happiest days of your life.'

"Can you believe it? Smiley kissed me! I was totally not expecting it. She's probably gonna blabber it to the whole school! If I'm lucky."

Upon returning to school, none of the boys could help but notice how much Allison had developed over summer vacation.

'If a tree falls in the forest...Do the other trees laugh at it?'

Young Love

'I don't have a dog, so have to eat homework myself.'

'I'll take Tommy Peters to cry first, for a nickel.'

'I didn't want to peak too soon.'