Humor: School 27 Articles

by Southwind

My schooling began at 8:30 on the morning of September 7th, 1944. My education began at recess a couple of hours later. Miss Jenny was my teacher and she was near 70 years old. That first day she explained the rules by ...read more

by George Dimitriadis

"How can I teach mathematical probability?" I reflected as I entered the classroom. I moved my chair from behind the desk so that it faced the class, and I sat down without talking. My students soon stopped their conversa...read more

by Karen Williams

If Only They'd Had Home School Back Then Each year as autumn arrives, I experience repressed memories of seventh grade, when every one of my teachers seemed to come from Hades via a Stephen King movie. Back in my da...read more

by Patricia Travers

Know when to Fold Sitting at my desk, I felt a tinge of remorse for not getting to bed at an earlier hour. But I also knew how important it was for Jack and I to spend some alone time together once the children were asl...read more

by Tom Koecke

I was telling my adult daughter how much easier school was when she attended school than when I attended school. I told her kids today do not understand that because they do not have a clue about school when I attended. Th...read more

by Sherry Dehn

There are always clicks in every high school. There are the girls with big boobs - they are always the "in-girls", the girls with the "pretty faces" and then there were the girls with no boobs and not-so-pretty faces - t...read more

by Paul Galloway

An incident from my early childhood underscored in my mind the importance of clear communication and the value of a common definition of terms between communicating parties. It was in the early 70's - just after my...read more

by Kate McGee

School starts on Monday Four of the nicest words in the English Language has to be, "School starts on Monday." This year I have three little blessings to doll up and kick out the door. Then for four and a half hours I'...read more

by Jordan Miller

School in general is an important waste of our lives. The first thing any student learns is that whatever they teach in the classroom is 99% worthless. The most valuable information is in the lunchroom. The social climate...read more

by Bubba Ray

One day when I was in the sixth grade I was in my special needs Math class. For some reason I was trying to snap my fingers at another one of the kids in the classroom but I didn't know how to snap so my middle finger acci...read more

by Matthew Mclaren

Growing up in the nineteen seventies in England was always interesting. As a student at Chalfont secondary school blokes with orange hair who went by names like Dickie Bird or Willy Miles surrounded me. I however, was jus...read more

by Elizabeth Etzel

Punctuation. I used to think that punctuation was utterly boring; I mean who CARES whether or not you should use a comma or a periodand who REALLY knows (or cares) about what the difference is between a colon and a se...read more

by Louise Boylan

Just another day teaching teenage girls. I teach mathematics in an all girl secondary school. The youngest class I have are about 13 14 year olds and can be a lot of fun if not too excitable at times! One day as we ...read more

by Angela Horn

Starting School From birth to the age of five Mom and I were inseparable. Then the New Year heralding my sixth birthday rolled around, and because it fell in the first half of the year it meant I started school before I...read more

by Karen Anson

When I was in grade two I had scary experience. My friend and I were on our way back to school. It was a gorgeous day and the sun was shinning and it was hot. On our way we saw several people had their sprinklers on. Wow! ...read more

by Nick Leonard

How to be Good: School in Ireland I never imagined that I would openly admit to being a twenty-three year old man with the social skills of a five year old child. I am more convinced as I grow older that the more you tr...read more

by Chris Sathman

This Place Over the hills and far away, Glenties comp, a life in the day. It starts off when the sun completes its circle around the less cloudy areas of the world, and finally starts off again to the east of west Doneg...read more

by Kimberly Sally

My name is Amanda Jerkswell. Let me tell you about Janet and Madison...they are two 13 year old girls that are always getting into trouble with one particular teacher, Ms. Justice. For you to be able to understand I need t...read more

by Jeffrey Johnston

THE PERFECT TURTLE "Throw those away now?" Still brings fear into my life. Out of everything that has happened in my small past, I have really understood only a little there is to know. Out of everything, I learned a ...read more

by Chris Ware

Getting In To some people getting into Harvard is what they have been working for their whole life. So if you aren't one of those people who have spent all their free time making footnotes to reports, and washing the tea...read more