Unschooling Gifts

End school zone. Start unschool zone.

Kid at bus stop to kid: 'Needless to say, I cured my Mom of her home-schooling kick.'

'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.'

'And this year's 'Inquisitive Learner Award' goes to...'

"Mom, please shake my chair. I'm taking a virtual school bus ride before class begins."

'This has been a drill. Had this been an actual test you would have been instructed...'

Today we learned to count to one.

'I'm not happy with his latest school photo.'

'I'm supposed to take a geography test and I can't find the right room!'

You wrote a book report on a video game instruction manual?

"You know what happens when you make good grades? They send you to another school called college."

'I'm sorry son, parents don't like the 11 plus...'

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

All Harold's aptitude test showed is that he had an aptitude for taking tests.

"Isn't there an app for this?"

"The day at school? Oh, you know, the usual psychological and educational stew."

Super Student

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

"I'll go back to school if you go back to the office."

Children's education

The full moon frenzy strikes again."

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

'Home Schooling'

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

"What can I say? Second grade just hasn't lived up to the hype."

"Where are redactions when you need them?"

Covid and Restarting School

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

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

'Personally - I'm against a four-day school week - I'm for a three-day school week. . .'

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

"I need a special pencil for math...one with a lot less wood and a lot more eraser."

'I don't think my homework is very good. My dog refused to eat it.'

"So kids, you got work from your teachers right?"

"I'm asking you to write your name on the board. Surely you don't need your smart phone to help you spell your name!"