Jeremy was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been slowly killing him all his young life. Still, his parents had tried to give him as normal a life as possible and had sent him to St. Theresa’s elementary school. At the age of 12, Jeremy was … Read more
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America. MARIA: Here it is. TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America? CLASS: Maria. TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell “crocodile?” GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L TEACHER: … Read more
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, “Johnny, what is your problem?” Johnny answered, “I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!” Ms. Brooks … Read more
Teacher: “If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many will you have?” Johnny: “Seven.” Teacher: “No, listen carefully… If I gave you 2 cats, and another 2 cats and another 2, how many will you have?” Johnny: “Seven.” Teacher: “Let me put it to you differently. If I … Read more
There was a graduation ceremony filled with students who were very religious. Unfortunately, they could not pray during the ceremonies, even when they wanted to, because of a court ruling that infringed on their right to religious expression. But then, they came up with a clever little solution that allowed them to invoke God after … Read more
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder … Read more
Teacher asks her students these questions. Their responses? Priceless.
A first grade teacher presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the second half. It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight and humour may surprise you. 1. You can lead a horse to water but……. … Read more
These students just learned a valuable life lesson.
A lovely little girl is entering class for the first time when a friendly little boy approaches her. “My name’s Ted,” he says, “What’s yours?” “Happy Butt,” the little girl replies. “I’m going to tell the teacher on you for lying!” the boy shouts. He goes to the teacher and says that the little girl … Read more
I was recently sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist when I noticed his DDS diploma, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name who was in my high school class almost 50 years ago. Could he be the same … Read more