Sixth grade science teacher Mr. Sampson put a question to his class: “Who can tell me which organ of the human body expands to ten times its usual size when stimulated?” Nobody raises a hand, so he calls on the first student to look his way. “Mary, can you tell […]
Jokes in category: Education
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Below are some actual answers to various sixth grade history tests. It’s amazing how children (and adults too at times) misinterpret things and describe them back to us. I first read this many moons ago. It’s still funny though. Hope you think so too. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by […]
Have you noticed how teaching mathematics has changed over the years? Maths is a lot different now to how it was taught in school when we were young. If you have children bring home maths homework I’m sure you will have noticed the differences. Teaching Maths In 1970 […]
A young boy goes off to college, but about 1/3 way through the semester, he has foolishly squandered the money his parents gave him. “Hmmmm,” he wonders, “How am I going to get more money to help me to get through the rest of the semester?” Suddenly, a lighbulb goes […]
This is the message that the staff of a Secondary School in England apparently voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school. The whole thing came about because they implemented a new policy, which required students and parents […]
During the summer holidays, a school teacher cracked several ribs in an accident, and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt, and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the school term, still with the cast […]
For an English lesson one day, a school girl was required to write an essay of two hundred and fifty words about an automobile. She submitted the following: “My uncle bought a second-hand automobile. He was riding in the country when it busted up a hill. I guess this is […]
It was the first day of school after summer vacation, and the kids had all arrived in their high school English class, and were chatting away, busily making new friends. Then, in walked a very stern looking English teacher, and a hush fell over the room as the kids scurried […]
The teacher of a third grade class always took the role call each morning, and he had the pupils all answer by reciting a short poem. The first pupil sat in the front row was a teachers pet. He stood up and said, “My name is Dan, and when I […]
William and Howard are two college students in New York City. One day, they are riding the subway on their way to college, when a beggar approaches them and asks for spare change. William adamantly rejects the man in disgust. Howard, on the other hand, whips out his wallet, pulls […]