
Department of Gender Studies
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Department of Gender Studies
A Puppet Named Juan
'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.'
'From six to to eighteen, they're always at that age.'
'So...you THINK you have what it takes to be a scientist...?'
"But everyone is befuddled by math."
'What amazes me most is that years ago I couldn't even spell teacher - now I are one!'
'What begins with 'E'? Well, 'Everything'!'
"Well, I'm sad for Gloria...she's gonna be bummed out when I'm twice as successful as she is."
The Queen of Static Electricity: 'Hey, Jeffrey...I've got a physics question for you...The queen of static electricity is exempt! Hail me!!'
'OOO, I've thought of a new one! Two squiggles and a backwards G!'
'Kiddie school is teaching about sharing; and someone shared their cold with Jennie,'
Staff Yearbook
"Today in class we're going to create a physics teacher."
Business school graduate trying to climb to the top of the world
"Can you hurry up with the cake? I have to travel the world, have a career and start a family"
I want to be a politician when I grow up...
'To them, capital punishment means making them use proper capitalization.'
"Son, one day two hundred square feet of this city could be yours to rent."
'We offer full benefits. A desk, a chair and your very own cubicle.'
"If you do well in your first practicum, you can move on to teaching real children."
Day one, post grad
"Hey, you guys, don't you remember? The big word here is 'compromise.' "
"One day she'll be a wonderful architect."
'Your marriage to your job has just been annulled.'
'Well, when you mess up on the job, you know where you stand with me.'
'I'll be honest. Your chances of success are slim.'
'The trouble with education is everyone knows how to teach, but nobody knows how to learn.'
'New career low - gave out a page of Ulysses to my freshmen and they thought it was a wordsearch.'
'If 'v' is the number of qualified physics teachers, and 'c' is the number of unqualified science teachers, this factor reduces to zero.'
"I've got the ninth grade chemistry class this term."
"Remember double negatives are a complete no-no."
Hi, I work at the admissions office of the local university. If you could change the world in three days, what would you do?
"Memorizing the multiplication table is NOT brainwashing!"
"Must be the new philosophy teacher."
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